Hand muscles Flashcards
Abductor pollicis brevis
Thenar group
A: thumb abd at CMC and MCP joints
I: recurrent branch of median nerve
Flexor pollicis brevis
Thenar group
A: flexes pollicis at MCP joint
i: Recurrent branch of median nerve
Opponens pollicis
Thenar group
A: oppositon of thumb
I: recurrent branch of median nerve
Adductor Pollicis
A: Adducts thumb at MCP joint
I: deep branch of ULNAR nerve
Flexor digiti minimi
A: flexes 5th finger at MCP jt
I: deep branch of the ulnar nerve
Abductor digiti minimi
Hypothenar eminence
A: abducts 5th finger
I: deep branch of the ulnar nerve
Opponens digiti minimi
A: adducts 5th finger
I: deep branch of the ulnar nerve
Lumbricles
A: flex MCP and extend IP joints
I: (same as profundus)
1-2: median nerve
3-4: deep branch of the ulnar nerve
Palmar Interosseus muscles
A: (PAD): adduct finger at MCP
i: deep branch of ulnar nerve
Dorsal interosseus muscles
A: (DAB): abd finger at MCP
I: Deep branch of the ulnar nerve