Anatomy Flashcards
Extensor carpi ulnaris
Radial
Extensor carpi radialis longus
Radial
Extensor carpi radialis brevis
Radial
Extensor digitorum
Radial
Extensor indicis
Radial
Extensor pollicis longus
Radial
Extensor pollicis brevis
Radial
Abductor pollicis longus
Radial
(the only non-extensor that is by the radial nerve, but if you think about it there are five possible movements of the thumb; extension, adduction, abduction, opposition, and flexion… and abduction is the one that is closest to extension, its basically extension in a different plane, so its obviously that one which is radial nerve)
Flexor carpi ulnaris
Ulnar
Flexor carpi radialis
Median
Flexor digitorum profundus
Index and middle = median
Ring and pinky = ulnar
Flexor digitorum superficialis
Median
Flexor pollicis longus
Median
What muscles make up the thenars and what are their innervations?
Flexor pollicis brevis - median
Adductor pollicis brevis - ulnar
Opponens policis - median
Abductor pollicis brevis - median
Flexor pollicis brevis
Median
Adductor pollicis brevis
Ulnar
(I struggle with this one but if you remember the LOAF mnemonic for median nerve which is lumbricals 1&2, opponens pollicis, abductor pollicis brevis (it must be abduction for median nerve as abduction is similar to flexion and opposition which are median), and flexor pollicis brevis; if you remember that mnemonic then you know that ALL of the muscles innervated by the median nerve are there, and the ulnar nerve must therefore innervate adductor pollicis brevis, as it isnt in the mnemonic)
Also for a quick way, we know one is median and one is ulnar… M comes before U (median, ulnar) and Ab comes before Ad (Abd, Add), so median = abd, ulnar = add
Opponens pollicis
Median
Abductor pollicis brevis
Median
What muscles make up the hypothenars and what are their innervations?
Flexor digiti minimi
Opponens digiti minimi
Abductor digiti minimi
All ulnar
Flexor digiti minimi
Ulnar