Anterior Hand-Sievert Flashcards
How is the anterior hand divided?
thenar & hypothenar compartments
*this applies to muscles, lumbricals, interossei
T/F There are intrinsic hand muscles in the dorsum of the hand.
False. There are not.
Where do you flex your hand?
at the creases of your thumb & fingers
What is the palmar aponeurosis?
this is a tendinous thing that covers the intrinsic muscles of your palm
**it makes it more difficult to peel the skin away from the palm of the hand
What are the sections of your palms that aren’t covered by the palmar aponeurosis called? Where are they located?
Thenar compartment: thumb area
Hypothenar compartment: pinky area
**these are areas on either side of the palmar aponeurosis.
How many muscles are found in the thenar & hypothenar compartments? What names do they share? Are these compartments covered by the palmar aponeuroses?
3 muscles are in each compartment
OAF: opponens; abductor, flexor
**NOT covered by the aponeurosis
What is something bad that can happen to your palmar aponeurosis ?
it can undergo contractures–>Dupuytren’s Contracture
**disease of the palmar fascia, thickening & shortening of fibrous bands on the palmar surface of the hand & fingers
What connects to the palmar aponeurosis?
the palmaris longus tendon
What are the thenar muscles exactly? What innervates them?
O: opponens pollicis
A: abductor pollicis brevis
F: flexor pollicis brevis
Nerve: median nerve
What are the hypothenar compartment muscles exactly? What innervates them?
O: opponens digiti minimi
A: abductor digiti minimi
F: flexor digiti minimi (brevis)
Nerve: ulnar nerve
What’s the deal w/ the adductor pollicis?
this is not a thenar compartment muscle
therefore, it isn’t innervated by the median nerve
**considered an adductor of the thumb, innervated by the ulnar nerve.
Which of the OAF muscles is most lateral in the thenar compartment?
abductor pollicis brevis
Where does the flexor pollicis brevis go?
to the metacarpal pharyngeal joint
Where does the opponens pollicis attach?
to a metacarpal
What does the median nerve travel thru? What does the ulnar nerve travel thru?
Median Nerve–>carpal tunnel
Ulnar Nerve–>Guyon’s canal (gets compressed w/ cyclists resting their wrist on the handlebar)
What happens when the median nerve is damaged?
then the thenar carpal muscles are useless
can’t grasp if you don’t have thumb movements
can be damaged w/ carpal tunnel syndrome
What passes thru the carpal tunnel?
Median Nerve
9 tendons w/ an associated bursa
**this includes flexor digitorum superficial is, flexor digitorum profundus, flexor pollicis longus
As far as which fingers are supplied…describe the orientation w/i the carpal tunnel.
The middle 2 fingers’ supply is located right above the lateral 2 fingers’ supply.
Which ligament makes up the carpal tunnel, that is on the superior surface?
flexor retinaculum
What is the first thing that you will probably recognize if you have carpal tunnel?
numbness, tingling in your thumb, index finger, middle finger, half of your ring finger–that is the structures which are supplied by the median nerve.
What is the name of the muscles that connect the metacarpals?
interossei
What is the name of the muscle type that is associated w/ the tendons?
lumbricals
What can cause an infection in the midpalmar space?
rupture of the synovial tendon sheath of digits 3, 4, or (theoretically) 5.
- *this is dangerous b/c it can cause adhesions to tendons as they pass thru the midpalmar space.
- *middle finger is infected…you could lose your whole hand.
- *have to inject an antibiotic
What can cause an infection of the thenar space?
rupture of the synovial tendon sheath of digit 2 & (theoretically 1).