Hand Flashcards
How many groups can muscles of hands b classified into?
2 groups:
1. Intrinsic
2. Extrinsic
What are intrinsic muscles of hand? Name them?
That originate and insert within the hand
These are:
1.Dorsal interossei,
2.Palmar interossei
3.Lumbricals,
4.Thenar muscles,
5.Hypothenar muscles.
What are extrinsic muscles of hand?
These are located in anterior & posterior compartment of forearm
Include:
1. flexor digitorum profundus, 2. flexor digitorum superficialis, 3.flexor carpi ulnaris
4. flexor carpi radialis
5. extensor digitorum
6.extensor carpi radialis.
What intrinsic muscles are on the thumb side?
Thenar muscles
Towards the little finger are which intrinsic muscle of hand?
Hypothenar
What is thenar eminence?
The buldge in the hand
The thenar eminence is the fleshy mass at the base of the thumb, formed by the thenar muscles.
The thenar muscles include the abductor pollicis brevis,
flexor pollicis brevis,
and opponens pollicis.
Name the thenar muscles (short muscles of the thumb)?
What is their common origin?
What is the origin of adductor pollicis?
The thenar muscles include
1.Abductor pollicis brevis
2.Flexor pollicis brevis
3.Opponens pollicis (deepest)
Common origin
Flexor Retinaculum
. Adductor pollicis
Origin
(Oblique head) - 2nd & 3rd
Metacarpal bone
(Transverse head) - 3rd metacarpal bone
What is hypothenar eminence?
The hypothenar eminence is the fleshy mass at the base of the little finger,
formed by the hypothenar muscles.
The hypothenar muscles include the
1.Abductor digiti minimi 2.Flexor digiti minimi ,
3.Opponens digiti minimi
Name the hypothenar muscles (short muscles of little finger)?
(just replace the “pollicis” of thenar muscles with “digiti minimi”)
The hypothenar muscles include the
1.Abductor digiti minimi(proximally)
2.Flexor digiti minimi(distilly)
3.Opponens digiti minimi(deep)
What structure is between the thenar and hypothenar muscles,
Arches over carpal bones and blends with these muscles?
Flexor Retinaculum
What muscle originates on flexor retinaculum and palmar aponeurosis?
Palmaris brevis
What muscle interconnects the hypothenar and thenar muscle?
Palmaris brevis
(Overlies hypothenar muscles)
Insertion of palmaris brevis?
Inserts medially on the dermis of skin
How many lumbricals? Origin and insertion?
- 4 lumbricals
Origin
Tendon of
flexor digitorum profundus
Insertion
Extensor expansion of medial 4 fingers
Function of lumbricals?
Flex the MCP joints
Extends the interphalangeal joints of the fingers
(Except THUMB!!!)
Difference in origin of abductor pollicis brevis and abductor pollicis longus?
Abductor pollicis longus
Origin:
In the forearm (posterior)
(Shafts of radius and ulna)
Abductor Pollicis Brevis
Origin
In the hand
(Scaphoid,
Trapezium,
Flexor retinaculum)