Hand and Wrist Flashcards
What prevents bowstringing ?
Retinaculae
Synovial Sheaths prevent ?
Friction
Thumb moving across hand/ each finger ?
Thumb opposition
Power Grip
child holding crayon
Hook grip
holding suitcase
Holding pencil
chuck grip
Thenar Eminance
Abductor and Flexor pollicis brevis and opponens pollicis
Lumbricals do
BLA
Interossei do
abduction and adduction
triangular fibrocartilage complex ligament
head of ulna articulates with ulnar notch of radius and central triangular fibrocartilage
test for injury to the triangular fibrocartilage complex
hold the forearm and load the wrist
flexor retinaculum
goes from tubercle of scaphoid to the pisiform bone
carpal tunnel syndrome
crushing of median nerve
anatomical snuff box
abductor pollicis longus
extensor pollicis brevis
extensor pollicis longus