Hand Muscles Flashcards
Muscles inserting on distal phalanges 2-5
flexor digitorum profundus
Muscles inserting on middle phalanges 2-5
flexor digitorum superficialis
Muscle inserting on distal phalanx of the thumb
flexor pollicis longus
Muscles inserting on pisiform, hamate and 5th metacarple
flexor carpi ulnaris
innervated by ulnar nerve
Superficial structures of the palm
hypothenar eminence (pinky)
- AFO
thenar eminance (thumb)
- AFO
Tendon of palmaris longus
Palmar apneurosis
intermediate structures of the palm
Long Flexor Tendonds
- flexor digitorum superficialis
- flexor digitorum profundus
Lumbrical Muscles
Long flexor tendons travel
UNDER flexor retinaculum
Flexor digitorum superficialis and profundus attach
superficialis - middle metacarpals
profundus - distal metacarpals 2-5
Deep structures of the palm
Interosseus muscles
Palmar interossei - adduction
Dorsal interossei - abduction of fingers
Superficial branch ulnar nerve with respect to ‘flexor retinaculum’
OVER
Palmaris Brevis
- Above hypothenar AFO
- attached to palmer apneurosis and inserts on hypotenar skin
**only muscle innervated by the superficial branch of the ulnar nerve
Hypothenar eminence muscles
AFO
“ab”ductor digiti minimi (outside)
flexor digiti minimi (middle)
oppenens digit minimi (deep to)
Thenar eminence muscles
AFO
“ab”ductor pollicis brevis
flexor pollicis brevis
oppenenes pollicis brevis
Thenar eminence origin
- flexor retinaculum
- scaphoid and trapezium bone