forearm Flashcards
paramount importance in radial shaft fracture fixation?
radial BOW and LENGTH
insertion of biceps?
proximal medial radial tuberosity
Lister’s tubercle?
dorsal tubercle of radius at level of scapholunate joint
MOST STABLE position of DISTAL RADIOULNAR joint?
SUPINATION
bones involved in RADIOCARPAL joint?
radius, scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum
carpal bones?
S - scaphoid L - lunate T - triquetrum P - pisiform T - trapezium T - trapezoid C - capitate H - hamate
carpal bone with distal blood supply?
scaphoid
largest carpal bone?
capitate
muscle primarily involved in tennis elbow?
extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB)
forearm muscle group innervated by RADIAL NERVE?
EXTENSORS
forearm muscle group innervated by MEDIAN NERVE?
FLEXORS (except FCU)
forearm muscle innervated by ULNAR NERVE?
FCU
canal through which ULNAR NERVE enters hand?
Guyon canal
which is LARGER between radial and ulnar arteries?
ULNAR artery
other names for volar and dorsal surgical approach to forearm?
volar: anterior:Henry’s
dorsal: posterior:Thompson’s