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Forearm muscles Flashcards

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muscles in the anterior superficial compartment of the forearm

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flexor carpi ulnaris
flexor carpi radialis
palmaris longus
pronator teres

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what are the muscles in the anterior intermediate compartment of the forearm

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flexor digitorum superfificalis

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what muscles are in the deep anterior compartment of the forearm

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flexor pollicis longus
flexor digitorum profundus
pronator quadratus

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flexor carpi ulnaris

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Origin: humeral head from medial epicondyle and ulnar head from the olecranon of the ulna

Insertion: attaches to the pisiform bone, hook of hamate and base of 5th metacarpal

Actions: Flexion and adduction of the wrist

Innervation: ulnar nerve

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palmaris longus

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Origin: medial epicondyle

Insertion: flexor retinaculum of the wrist

Actions: flexion of the wrist

Innervation: median nerve

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flexor carpi radialis

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Origin: medial epicondyle

Insertion: Metacarpals 2 and 3

Actions: flexion and abduction at the wrist

innervation: median nerve

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pronator teres

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Origin: one from medial epicondyle and the other from the coronoid process of the ulna

Insertion: attaches laterally to the mid-shaft of the radius

Action: pronation of the forearm

Innervation: median nerve

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diagram of the anterior superficial compartment of the forearm

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what muscle is in the intermediate component of the forearm

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flexor digitorum superficialis

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Flexor digitorum superficialis

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Origin: medial epicondyle and the radius

Insertion: middle phalanges of the 4 fingers

Action: flexes the metacarpophalangeal joints and the proximal interphalangeal joints and flexes the wrist

Innervation: median nerve

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muscles found in the deep compartment of the anterior forearm

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flexor digitorum profundus
flexor pollicis longus
pronator quadratus

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flexor digitorum profundus

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Origin: ulna

Insertion: distal phalanges of the four fingers

Actions: flexes the distal interphalangeal joints of the fingers

Innervation: medial half (on little and ring finer) is innervated by ulnar nerve.
The lateral half is innervated by the medial nerve

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flexor pollicis longus

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Origin: anterior surface of radius

Insertion: attaches to the base of the distal phalanx of the Thumb

Actions: flexes the interphalangeal joint and metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb

Innervation: median nerve

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pronator quadratus

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Origin: anterior surface of the ulna

Insertion: anterior surface of the radius

Actions: pronates the forearm

Innervation: median nerve

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diagram of the deep muscles of the anterior forearm

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prosection of the superficial anterior forearm

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prosection of the deep layer of the anterior forearm

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brachioradialis

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superficial layer

origin; lateral supracondylar ridge of the humerus

Insertion; distal end of the radius

action; flexes the elbow

innervation; radial nerve

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extensor carpi radialis longus

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superficial

origin; supracondylar ridge

insertion; metacarpal bones 2 and 3

action; extend and abducts the wrist

innervation; radial nerve

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extensor carpi radialis brevis

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superficial

origin; lateral epicondyle

insertion; metacarpal bones 2 and 3

action; extends and abducts the wrist

innervation; radial nerve

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extensor digitorum communis

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superficial

origin; lateral epicondyle

insertion; extensor hood of each finger

action; extends medial four fingers at joints

innervation; radial nerve

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extensor digiti minimi

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superficial

origin; lateral epicondyle of humerus

insertion; extensor hood of the little fingers

action; extends the little finger

innervation; radial nerve

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extensor carpi ulnaris

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superficial

origin; lateral epicondyle

insertion; attaches to the base of metacarpal 5

action: etension and adduction of wrist
innervation: radial nerve

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diagram of superficial compartment of the posterior compartment

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supinator

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deep

origin; lateral epicondyle and posterior surface of the ulna

insertion; posterior surface of the radius

action; supinates the forearm

innervation; radial nerve

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abductior polices longus

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deep

origin; interosseous membrane and posterior surface of ulna and radius

insertion; metacarpal 1

action; abducts the thumb

innervation; radial nerve

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extensor pollicis brevis

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deep

origin; radius and membrane

insertion; base of proximal phalynx of the thumb

action; extends the MCI and CM joints of the thumb

innervation; radial nerve

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extensor pollicis longus

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deep

origin; ulna and membrane

insertion; distal phalanx of the thumb

action; extends all joints of the thumb

innervation; radial nerve

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extensor indices propius

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deep

origin; ulna and membrane

insertion; attaches to extensor hood of index finger

action; extends the index finer

innervation; radial nerve

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