Final Exam Prep Flashcards
What motions are available at the CMC joint of the 1st digit (thumb)?
Flexion/Extension
Circumduction
Abduction/Adduction
What motions are available at the CMC joints of the fingers (digits 2-5)?
A slight gliding motion
What motions are available at the MCP joint of the thumb?
Flexion/extension
What motions are available at the MCP joints of the fingers (digits 2-5)?
Flexion/extension and Abduction/Adduction
Which muscles have attachments on the extensor hood?
- Interossei
- Extensor Digitorum Communis
- Lumbricals
Which muscle is NOT an extrinsic muscle of the hand?
- Abductor Pollicis Longus
- Flexor Pollicis Longus
- Opponens Pollics
- Extensor Indicis
Opponens Pollics
Which of the following muscles ARE intrinsic muscles of the hand?
- Abductor pollicis brevis
- Flexor pollicis brevis
- Flexor digiti minimi
- Adductor policis
What is the function/action of the palmar interossei?
Adduction of the fingers
Which digit is considered the center line of the hand and therefore cannot adduct?
Digit 3
On the flexor side of the hand, which muscle inserts on the middle phalanx by splitting into two portions of tendon?
Flexor Digitorum Superficialis
If you lost sensation in the tip of your 2nd and 3rd digits, that would indicate damage to the ___________ nerve.
Median
If your anterior interosseous nerve is being impinged in the pronator teres due to muscle spasm with medial epicondylitis, you would not be able to perform the precision grip, but you would be able to perform the tripod grasp. This is due to weakness of the ________________, and the ability of an intact _______________ to compensate.
FDP, FDS
What is the function of the volar plate at the fingers?
Prevent hyperextension
Zone 2 of the flexor tendons is often called “No man’s land” because recovery from injury to the tendons in this area is extremely difficult and very often leads to permanent functional loss. That is due to the significant overlap of which two tendons in this area?
FDS & FDP
Which two metacarpals are the most rigidly connected to the distal row of carpal bones?
2 & 3
Which two metacarpals are the most mobile and therefore most commonly fractured?
4 & 5
The Bunnell-Littler Test looks at intrinsic (Lumbrical) vs extrinsic (EDC) tightness. If testing flexion of the PIP with the MCP held in extension creates more restriction of joint motion than flexion of both together, you decide that the ____________ are tight/short.
Lumbricals
There are no tendon insertions onto the proximal phalanx.
True
An intrinsic plus position for splinting is advised to prevent contracture at the MCP joints. This is because the collateral ligaments are the most _________ in a position of flexion.
Taut/tight
Which bones are more prone to injury in the hand?
Phalanges
AXILLARY NERVE INJURY
GH fracture or dislocation
Deltoid and Teres Minor
Sensation at lateral
shoulder
MUSCULOCUTANEOUS
NERVE
Biceps Brachii
Coracobrachialis
Brachialis
MEDIAN NERVE ENTRAPMENT
Median Nerve- FDS, APB, FPB, OP, and 2
Lumbricals
Anterior Interosseous Nerve dives deep – FPL,
FDP, Pronator Quadratus – NO SENSORY
Entrapment Sites: Cubital Fossa (ligament of
struthers), Pronator Teres, Carpal Tunnel
Ape Hand, Pope’s Benediction
ULNAR NERVE ENTRAPMENT
Innervates ½ FDP, FCU, ADD policis, hypothenar
eminence, interossei, ½ lumbricals, sensation to ulnar side
of the hand
Entrapment Sites:
Fascial band at medial/posterior elbow
Cubital Tunnel
Guyon’s Canal
Claw hand
RADIAL NERVE PATHOLOGY
Innervates Triceps, Brachioradialis, ECRL, ECRB,
sensation of posterior arm, forearm, dorsal-lateral hand
Posterior Interosseous Nerve:
Wrist Extensors, Supinator, Hand Extensors
Entrapment/Pathology Sites:
Radial Groove
Supinator
Radial Tunnel near radial head/arcade of Frohse
Saturday Night Palsy, Wrist drop
Stinger or Burner
(C5) – sport’s injury - involves traction or
compression
Erb’s Palsy
(C5, C6) – Waiter’s Tip posture
Klumpke’s Palsy
(C8, T1)
Horner’s Syndrome
(sympathetic fibers C8-T1)
Tendon Healing
Early – Inflammatory Phase to early Proliferation
Intermediate – Proliferation Phase
Late – Late Proliferation through Remodeling
Gliding of the tendons is NECESSARY for function
What kind of injury?
Quick stretch rupture or
avulsion
Gradual overstretch – RA
Friction from hardware or
osteophyte
Closed tendon injury
What kind of injury?
Laceration
Area of injury does not always
match up skin vs tendon
Dependent on the position of
the hand at the time of injury
Open tendon injury