Muscles of the Upper Limb 3

Question 1

What are the intrinsic hand muscles?

Answer 1

thenar muscles
hypothenar muscles
mid-palmar muscles

Question 2

what are the thenar muscles?

Answer 2

abductor pollicis brevis
flexor pollicis brevis
opponens pollicis
adductor pollicis

Question 3

what is the function of the abductor pollicis brevis?

Answer 3

abducts thumb

Question 4

what is the function of the flexor pollicis brevis?

Answer 4

flexes thumb

Question 5

what is the function of the opponens pollicis?

Answer 5

opposes the thumb

Question 6

what is the function of the adductor pollicis?

Answer 6

adducts thumb

Question 7

what are the hypothenar muscles?

Answer 7

abductor digiti minimi
flexor digiti minimi brevis
opponens digiti minimi

Question 8

what is the function of the abductor digiti minimi?

Answer 8

abducts 5th digit

Question 9

what is the function of the flexor digit minimi brevis?

Answer 9

flexes 5th digit

Question 10

what is the fucntion of the opponens digit minimi?

Answer 10

opposes 5th digit

Question 11

what are the mid-palmar muscles?

Answer 11

lumbricals
palmar interossei
dorsal interosseo

Question 12

what is the function of the lumbricals?

Answer 12

flexes digits

Question 13

what is the function of the palmar interossei

Answer 13

adducts digitsw

Question 14

what is the function of the dorsal interossei

Answer 14

abducts digits