Muscles of the Hand Flashcards
The intrinsic muscles of the hand can be separated into 3 groups, name them
Thenar
Hypothenar
Midpaler
What is the innervation of these groups of muscles
Median and Ulnar Nerves
Group of muslces that form the thenar eminence of the lateral side of the palm, or the rounded muscular area
Thenar muscle (pollex)
Name the 3 muscles of the thenar eminence
Abductor Pollicis Brevis
Flexor Pollicis Brevis
Opponens Pollicis
The action of the thenar eminence
Opposition of the thumb (moving it to touch tip of little finger)
Muscle that moves the thumb but is not part of the thenar eminence
Adductor pollicis
Short abductor of the thumb that forms lateral edge of the thenar eminence
Abductor pollicis brevis
Action of the abductor pollicis brevis
Abduction of the thumb
Origin of the abductor pollicis brevis
Scaphoid, Trapezium, flexor retinaculum
Insertion of abductor pollicis brevis
Base of the proximal phalynx of the thumb
Innervation
Median nerve
Muscle located medial to the abductor pollicis brevis that can be difficult to separate, that is a short flexor of the thumb
Flexor pollicis brevis
Origin of the flexor pollicis brevis
Trapezium
Flexor Retinaculum
Actions of the flexor pollicis brevis
Flexing the thumb
Opposition
Insertion of flexor pollicis brevis that often fuses with abductor pollicis brevis
Base of proximal phalynx
Innervation
Median Nerve
Muscle located deep to the abductor pollicis brevis and flexor pollicis brevis
Opponens pollicis
Insertion of opponens pollicis
Lateral (radial)border of the 1st metacarpal
Action of the opponens pollicis
Opposes the thumb
Innervation
Median Nerve
Origin of opponens pollicis
Trapezium
Flexor Retinaculum
Muscle that is deeply placed in hand that fills in the web of space on the palmar side of the hand
Adductor Pollicis
Action of the adductor pollicis
Adducts the thumb
Innervation of the adductor pollicis
Ulnar Nerve
Origin
Capitate,
Bases of metacarpals 2 and 3
3rd metacarpal
Insertion of adductor pollicis
Ulnar side of proximal phalynx of thumb
Group of three muscles that form the hypothenar eminence on the medial side of the palm that are responsible for movement of the pinky
Abductor digiti minimi
Flexor digiti minimi
Opponens digiti minimi
Muscle that is not part of the hypothenar compartment because it doesn’t move the little finger
Palmaris Brevis
A group of muscles that is small tranverse bands located over the hypothenar muscles. It is relatively unimportant because it doesn’t move the little finger
Palmaris Brevis
What does the palmaris brevis do?
Deepen the palm
Provides gripping action
Origin of palmaris brevis
Palmar Aponeurosis
Insertion of the palmaris brevis
Skin of medial side of hand