Adductor compartment Flashcards
1
Q
What are the muscles of the adductor compartment?
A
Adductor pollicis muscle
2
Q
What are the attachments of the adductor pollicis muscles?
A
capitate bone and second and third metacarpal bones to proximal phalanx of thumb
3
Q
What are the heads of the adductor pollicis muscle?
A
oblique
transverse (deepest)
4
Q
What is the action of adductor pollicis ?
A
sole adductor of thumb
5
Q
What is the innervation of the adductor pollicis muscle?
A
deep ulnar nerve
6
Q
What happens if there is damage to the ulnar nerve?
A
thumb cannot adduct
