Anatomy - Wrist & Hand - Flexors Flashcards
Attachments of the Transverse Carpal Ligament
Pisiform, hook of hamate, tubercle of scaphoid, & Ridge of trapezium
Contents of Carpal Tunnel
FPL, median nerve, & FDS & FDP (last 2 share common synovial sheath)
Thumb movements: Concave on convex
Flexion/extension
Thumb movements: Convex on concave
Abduction/adduction
Dupurtren’s Disease/Contracture
Slow onset & contracture of palmar fascia; pull fingers into flexion (MCP and PIP); usually seen in ring &/or little finger; skin adherent to fascia; seen in men more
Camper’s Chiasma
FDP passing through split of FDS (distal attachments on MPs of digits 2-5) to distal attachment of DPs of digits 2-5
Trigger Finger
Sheath swelling does not allow finger to extend then it suddenly give way
The synovial sheath of which 2 digits would allow the spread of infection to the wrist?
1st (thumb) & 5th (pinky)
Flexor Tendon Injury Zone 1
FDP only
Flexor Tendon Injury Zone 2
FDP & FDS (No Man’s Land) w/scar adhesion problems
Flexor Tendon Injury Zone 3
Palm w/lumbrical injury
Flexor Tendon Injury Zone 4
Carpal Tunnel w/median nerve injury & scar adhesion problems
Flexor Tendon Injury Zone 5
Forearm w/faster healing, but adhesion between tendons & nerve/vascular injury
Superficial Intrinsic Hand Muscles
Thenar Compartment (ABductor Pollicis Brevis, Flexor Pollicis Brevis, Opponens Pollicis)
Central Intrinsic Hand Muscles
Hypothenar Compartment (ABductor Digiti Minimi, Flexor Digiti Minimi, Oppenens Digiti Minimi)
Deep Intrinsic Hand Muscles
Adductor & Interosseous Compartments (ADductor Pollicis & Palmar/Dorsal Interossei)
ABductor Pollicis Brevis - Proximal Attachment(s)
Flexor retinaculum & tubercles of the scaphoid & trapezium
ABductor Pollicis Brevis - Distal Attachment(s)
Lateral base of P1 of 1st digit
ABductor Pollicis Brevis - Innervation
Thenar recurrent branch (of median n.) C8, T1
ABductor Pollicis Brevis - Action
ABduct the thumb at the CMC & assist opposition
Flexor Pollicis Brevis - Proximal Attachment(s)
Flexor retinaculum & tubercle of the trapezium
Flexor Pollicis Brevis - Distal Attachment(s)
Lateral base of P1 of the 1st digit