Hand Muscles Flashcards
Abductor Pollicis Brevis: Insertion
Lateral Base, Proximal Phalanx of Thumb
Abductor Pollicis Brevis: Origin
Flexor Retinaculum
Tubercles of Scaphoid & Trapezium
Abductor Pollicis Brevis: Innervation
Recurrent Branch of Median Nerve
C8, T1
Abductor Pollicis Brevis: Action
Abducts Thumb
Helps Oppose it
Flexor Pollicis Brevis: Origin
Flexor retinaculum
Tubercles of scaphoid & trapzium
Flexor Pollicis Brevis: Insertion
Lateral side, Base of Proximal Phalanx of Thumb
Flexor Pollicis Brevis: Innervation
Recurrent branch of Median Nerve
C8, T1
Flexor Pollicis Brevis: Action
Flexes Thumb
Opponens Pollicis: Origin
Flexor Retinaculum
Tubercles of scaphoid & trapezium
Opponents Pollicis: Insertion
Lateral side of 1st metacarpal
Opponents Pollicis: Innervation
Recurrent Branch of Median Nerve
C8, T1
Opponens Pollicis: Action
Oppose Thumb
- draws 1st metacarpal medially to center of palm and rotates medially
Adductor Pollicis: Oblique Head Origin
Bases of 2nd & 3rd metacarpals
Capitate
Adjacent carpals
Adductor Pollicis: Transverse Head
Anterior surface of shaft of 3rd metacarpal
Adductor Pollicis: Insertion
Medial side of base of proximal phalanx of thumb
Adductor Pollicis: Innervation
Deep Branch Ulnar Nerve
C8, T1