Elbow - Extra Cards

Question 1

Do you use your bicep more if you are in pronation or supination?

Answer 1

supination - it will still activate even in pronation though

Question 2

What is the biggest supinator muscle?

Answer 2

Biceps! Its a bigger supinator than supinator is haha lolz

Biceps is tres happy when flexing in supination

Question 3

You can end up getting compression on the _____ nerve from the two heads of the pronator teres.

Answer 3

median

Question 4

Can one still simultaneously flex the elbow and supinate the forearm if the musculocutaneous nerve is paralyzed?

Answer 4

Brachioradialis can help with flexion - innervated by median nerve

Supinators can also help because the radial nerve is still intact (can still supinate without bicep)

Question 5

best way to fully stretch triceps brachii muscle?

Answer 5

flex GH and flex elbow joint

Question 6

Best way to stretch biceps brachii?

Answer 6

extend GH, elbow extension, and pronation

Question 7

What will get irritated if you do a lot of mouse work, piano, or guitar?

Answer 7

TFCC - triangular fibrocartilaginous complex

Question 8

what creates a nice tunnel and maintains the carpal arch?

Answer 8

flexor retinaculum

Question 9

What is the only flexor that is innervated by the ulnar nerve?

Answer 9

flexor carpi ulnaris

Question 10

Where is the first place where people tend to get osteoarthritis in the hand?

Answer 10

1st carpometacarpal joint

Question 11

MCP of the thumb is classified as what?

Answer 11

ellipsoidal with limited abd/adduction