3C - forearm to hand Flashcards
radius
lateral bone of the forearm
ulna
medial bone of the forearm
interosseous border
attachment along shaft for membrane dividing forearm into anterior and posterior segments
radial head
articulates with capitulum of humerus (at elbow)
colles fracture
distal radius is broken by falling onto an outstretched hand (FOOSH)
dinner fork deformity
colle’s fracture
radial notch
where the radius articulates at proximal radioulnar joint
proximal radioulnar joint
head of the radius articulates with radial notch of ulna
distal radioulnar joint
head of ulna articulates with ulnar notch of radius
olecranon
pointy part of elbow on posterior aspect
coronoid process
point of elbow on anterior aspect
ulnar tuberosity
insertion of brachialis
head of ulna
distal end of ulna
interosseous membrane
membranous ligamental structure between the shafts of the ulna and radius bones
supination
the radius and ulna are parallel, anatomical position
pronation
the radius and ulna are crossed
carpal bones
wrist bones; scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate
metacarpals
hand bones
which phalanx do thumbs and big toes not have
middle phalanx
carpal metacarpal joint
joint between carpals and metacarpals (CMC)
metacarpal phalangeal joint
big knuckles, where the carpal joints meet the phalanges (MCP)
proximal interphalangeal joint
between proximal and middle phalanges
distal interphalangeal joint
between middle and distal phalanges
forearm flexors innervation
median nerve, ulnar nerve (anterior)
forearm extensors innervation
radial nerve (posterior)
pronator teres
pronation of forearm
flexor carpi radialis
flexes wrist and abducts hand
palmaris longus
flexion of hand
flexor carpi ulnaris
flexes and adducts hand
forearm flexors order
- Pass, Fail, Pass, Fail
- Pronator teres, Flexor carpi radialis, Palmares longus, Flexor carpi ulnaris
brachioradialis
flexes forearm at elbow
flexor digitorum superficialis
flexes wrist and middle phalanges of fingers 2-5
flexor digitorum profundus
tendons split when they reach the PIP joint, which allows this muscle through; flexes distal phalanges
pronator quadratus
pronates forearm
flexor retinaculum
thick band of fascia that keeps tendons pinned down as they travel through the wrist
median nerve
- in front of medial epicondyle.
- under/through pronator teres
- between flexor digitorum profundus and superficialis