Hand Flashcards
What nerve supplies the lateral 2/3 of the palmar aspect of the hand?
median nerve
What nerve supplies the dorsal aspect of the lateral 2/3 of the hand?
radial nerve
What nerve supplies the medial 1/3 of the hand?
ulnar nerve
What attaches to the apex of the palmar aponeurosis?
palmaris longus
What do the longitudinal fibers of the palmar apoenurosis blend with?
fibrous tissue in fingers
The fibrous tissue in the fingers supper ______ tendons, along with the synovial sheath.
flexor
What are the borders of the fibro-osseous tunnel in the fingers? What is contained within the tunnel?
Roof = fibrous tissue Floor = bone Contains = flexor tendons
What are the 3 regions of the hand
- Thenar
- Hypothenar
- Central
What muscles are within the thenar region?
- Flexor pollicis brevis
- Abductor pollicis brevis
- Opponens pollicis
What muscles are within the hypothenar region?
- Abductor digiti minimi
- Palmaris brevis
- Opponens digiti minimi
- Flexor digiti minimi
What muscles are in the central region?
- Adductor pollicis
- Palmar interosseous
- Dorsal interosseous
- Lumbricals
What is the axis of abduction and adduction in the hand?
The 3rd phalange
How many intrinsic muscles of the hand are there?
19
How many muscles in the hand are innervated by deep ulnar nerve?
13 1/2
How many muscles in the hand are innervated by the superficial ulnar nerve?
1 (if present)
How many muscles the hand are innervated by median nerve?
4 1/2
The synovial sheath surrounding the long flexor tendons are continuous with the synovial sheath covering the carpal region in what two phalanges?
1st and 5th
How many tendons are present in the carpal tunnel?
9
What are the 3 most common causes of CTS?
- Overuse of flexor tendons
- Penetrating wound to these tendons
- Pregnancy
What are the sensory signs and symptoms of CTS?
-numbness in lateral 3 1/2 fingers
What movements o the fingers and thumb will be effected in CTS?
- Opposition will not be present
- Flexion of thumb (slightly)
- Abduction of thumb (slightly)
Numbness in the palm of the hand and the fingers is a sign of CTS (T/F).
FALSE (NOT PALM)