Posterior Forearm Flashcards
inflammation of common extensor origin and periosteum of the lateral epicondyle
Lateral epicondylitis
C6 spinal level reflex
brachioradialis reflex test
Extensor carpi radialis longus & Extensor carpi radialis brevis
extend and abduct wrist joint
Extensor carpi ulnaris Action
extend and adduct wrist joint
brachioradialis nerve
Radial
extend digits 2-5 (MCP, PIP, and DIP joints), extend wrist joint
Extensor digitorum
Extensor digiti minimi
action:
extend digit 5 (MCP, PIP, and DIP joints)
scaphoid and trapezium
floor of snuff box
This type of fracture presents as tenderness/pain upon palpation of the anatomical snuff box
scaphoid bone can fracture
Lateral border of snuff box
tendons of abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis
Medial border
: tendon of extensor pollicis longus
what artery is in the anatomical snuff
radial
Posterior cutaneous nerve of the forearm comes off what nerve
radial
Radial nerve splits into
deep (posterior Intersessions)
superifcial (anterior intersessions)