FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS (FDS)

Question 1

THE ORIGIN OF THE FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS (FDS)

Answer 1

HUMEROULNAR HEAD:
1. MEDIAL EPICONDYLE OF HUMERUS (VIA COMMON FLEXOR TENDON)
2. CORONOID PROCESS OF ULNA
RADIAL HEAD:
PROXIMAL OF ANTERIOR SURFACE OF RADIUS (ANTERIOR OBLIQUE LINE)

Question 2

INSERTION OF THE FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS (FDS)

Answer 2

BASE OF MIDDLE PHALANGES OF FINGERS #2-5

Question 3

FUNCTIONS OF THE FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS (FDS)

Answer 3

FLEXION OF FINGERS #2-5 AT MCP AND PIP JOINTS
FLEXION OF THE HAND AT THE WRIST JOINT
FLEXION OT THE FOREARM AT THE ELBOW JOINT

Question 4

NERVE FOR THE FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS (FDS)

Answer 4

MEDIAN NERVE

Question 5

WHAT LAYER AND COMPONENT IS THE FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS

Answer 5

THE INTERMEDIATE LAYER OF THE ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT OF THE FOREARM

Question 6

HOW MANY MUSCLES IN THE INTERMEDIATE LAYER

Answer 6

1