Hand Flashcards
Palmar aponeurosis blends
palmar carpal ligament
palmaris longus tendon
Fibrous digital sheath is composed of …
annular and cruciform parts
Fibrous digital sheath anchors … to each phalanx in synovial sheath in between.
flexor tendons
Flexor retinaculum is a dense connective tissue band that bridges between tubercle of the … and …
trapezium and pisiform plus hook of hamate
Flexor retinaculum forms the roof of …
carpal tunnel
Intrinsic muscles of the hand
thenar hypothenar central adductor interosseous
Palmar brevis is a superficial muscle that is not ….
in the hypothenar compartment
The thenar muscles form the … and the chief function is… how many muscles are in it?
thenar eminence
opposition of the thumb
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Which muscle abducts the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb and assists in early opposition?
abductor pollicis brevis
What muscle flexes the carpometacarpal, metacarpophalangeal joints of the thumb?
flexor pollicis brevis
What nerve innervates the flexor pollicis brevis?
median
What muscle flexes and medially rotates the first metacarpal bone?
opponens pollicis
What muscle abducts the 5th digit and helps flex the proximal phalanx of the 5th digit?
abductor digit minimi
What muscle flexes the 5th digit at the metacarpophalangeal joint?
flexor digiti minimi brevis
What muscle flexes and laterally rorates the 5th metacarpal bone for opposition action?
opponens digti minimi
All hypothenar muscles are innervated by the …
ulnar nerve
All thenar muscles are innervated by the…
median nerve