Adductor Compartment

Question 1

What is the MA of the Adductor Pollicis (AP)?

Answer 1

Adduction of the thumb towards the larder border of palm

Question 2

What is the PA of the Adductor Pollicis (AP)?

Answer 2

Oblique Head: bases of 2nd & 3rd metacarpals, capitate, and adjacent carpal bones

Transverse Head: shaft of 3rd metacarpal

Question 3

What is the DA of the Adductor Pollicis (AP)?

Answer 3

Base of proximal phalanx of thumb

Question 4

What is the N for the Adductor Pollicis (AP)?

Answer 4

Ulnar nerve (deep branch) (C8 & T1)