5: Hand & Foot Bones Flashcards
wrist bones
8 carpal bones
pneumonic for 8 carpal bones
sally likes the pizza that the cafeteria has
“Sally Likes”
scaphoid, lunate
“The Pizza”
triquetrum, pisiform
“That The”
trapezium, trapezoid
“Cafeteria Has”
capitate, hamate
connects radius to carpal bones
radiocarpal ligaments (palmar and dorsal)
connects carpal bones to each other
intercarpal ligaments (palmar and dorsal)
connect the forearm to the wrist and help support the sides of the wrist
collateral ligaments (ulnar and radial)
joint between carpals and radius
radiocarpal joint, condyloid
joints between carpals. type.
intercarpal joints, gliding
first carpometaparpal joint. type
thumb, saddle
2nd-5th carpometacarpal joints
gliding
knuckels
metacarpophalangeal joints, condyloid
finger joints
interphalangeal joints, hinge
band of connective tissue over the carpal bones on the palmar and dorsal side
retinaculum
what runs beneath the retinaculum
median nerve
inflammation that causes band of retinaculum to compress and put pressure on the median nerve, causing numbness of the hand
carpal tunnel syndrome