anatomy of the hand

Question 1

Name the carpal bones using the pneumonic, some lovers try positions that they cant handle

Answer 1

scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform,

trapezium, trapezoid, capitate and hamate

Question 2

What are the joints of the hand from wrist to fingertip

Answer 2

Radiocarpal joint, carpometacarpal joints, metacarpophalangeal joints and interphalangeal joints

Question 3

What actions can the wrist do

Answer 3

abduction/adduction

flexion/extension and circumduction

Question 4

What is the palmar aponeurosis

Answer 4

Thickened deep fascia, triangular shaped and extension of palmaris longus.

protects underlying tendons and vessels.

if you don’t have palmaris longus the palmar aponeurosis is an extension of the flexor retinaculum.

Question 5

What is dupuytrens contracture

Answer 5

When you cant straighten digits 4 and 5, due to fibrosis of the bands of the palmar aponeurosis.