Antebrachium & Elbow Flashcards
What is the bony support of the forearm?
ulna and radius
What is the arterial supply of the forearm?
- radial art.
- ulnar art > ant. interosseus
What compartment do the radial and median nerves innervate?
- radial -> post.
- median -> ant.
What are the branches of the ulnar nerve?
common interosseous art. > ant. interosseous art. & post. interosseous art.
What is the arterial supply of the posterior forearm?
post. interosseus
Where are the extensors and flexors of the wrist and fingers located?
- extensors -> post.
- flexors -> ant.
What do the flexors run through?
flexor retinaculum
What are the 2 exceptions of the anterior forearm that are innervated by the ulnar nerve?
- flexor carpi ulnaris
- flexor digitorum profundus
What muscles are the flexors of the forearm?
- flexor carpi radialis
- palmaris longus
- flexor carpi ulnaris
- flexor digitorum superficialis
- flexor digitorum profundus
- flexor pollicis longus
What is the proximal attachment of flexor carpi radialis?
medial epicondyle
Which flexor muscles are superficial?
- pronator teres
- flexor carpi radialis
- palmaris longus
- flexor carpi ulnaris
What is the distal attachment of flexor carpi radialis?
base of 2nd + 3rd metacarpal
Which flexor muscles are deep?
- flexor pollicis longus
- flexor digitorum profundus
- pronator quadratus
What is the proximal attachment of flexor carpi ulnaris?
medial epicondyle
Which flexor muscle is intermediate?
flexor digitorum superficialis
What are the distal attachments of flexor carpi ulnaris?
- pisiform
- hamate
- 5th metacarpal
What 2 bones are carpal bones?
pisiform and hamate
What is the proximal attachment of palmaris longus?
medial epicondyle
What is the distal attachment of palmaris longus?
palmar aponeurosis
In the anterior forearm, what are the pronators?
- pronator teres
- pronator quadratus
What is the proximal attachment of flexor digitorum superficialis?
- medial epicondyle
- proximal ulna
- ant. radius
What are the proximal attachments for the pronator teres?
- medial epicondyle
- coronoid procees
What is the distal attachment of flexor digitorum superficialis?
sides of 2nd-5th mid-phalanges
What is the distal attachment of pronator teres?
mid-shaft of radius