Quiz 4 Bones of forearm (Exam 2) Flashcards
Articulates proximally w/ humerus @ the elbow & with the ulna @ the proximal radioulnar joint
Radius
Articulates distally w/ the ulna @ the disal radioulnar joint & with the scaphoid & lunate to form the wrist joint
Radius
Pivot bone, which moves during pronation & supination
Radius
Proximal end articulates w/ the humerus @ the elbow joint & the radius @ the proximal radioulnar joint
Ulna
Distally the bone articulates w/ the radius to form the distal radioulnar joint
Ulna
_______ ______ of the wrist found b/t the distal end of the ulna & carpal bones
Articular disc of the wrist
Ossification of the radius & ulna completes around the same time? True or false
True
True/ false fractures of the radius & ulna are usually due to severe & direct trauma & produces a transverse fracture of the shaft of both bones
True
Fracture @ the distal end of the Radius ONLY & is one of the most common fractures in adults
Colles fractures
Type of fracture that occurs when an individual fall on an outstretched hand w/ the forearm pronated
Colles fractures
Distal fragment is displaced POSTERIORLY, producing a shortening of the radius
Colles fracture
AKA “dinner fork deformity”
Colles fracture
Due to a fall on the back of the hand & is basically a reverse Colles fracture, with the distal fragment displaced anteriorly
Smith’s fractures
Ossification of the carpal bones
capitate & hamate triquetral lunate trapezium, trapezoid, scaphoid pisiform
- protect & stabilize the tendons
2. Change the angle of the tendons as they pass to their insertion
Functions of the sesamoid bones
Most commonly fractures carpal bone
scaphoid
Fractures of the Hamate
ulnar nerve is close to the hook of the hamate & may be injured with this fracture
- Pronator teres
- flexor carpi radialis
- palmaris longus
- flexor carpi ulnaris
Anterior superficial forearm muscles
Anterior superficial forearm muscles have a common tendon of ORIGIN:
Medial epicondyle of the humerus
Compression of median nerve in the proximal forearm.
Pronator teres syndrome
Anterior Intermediate forearm
Flexor digitorum superficials
- Flexor digitorum profundus
- flexor pollicis longus
- pronator quadratus
Deep anterior forearm muscles
- Loss or weakened pronation
- abnormal & weak flexion @ the wrist joint (ulnar deviation)
- Weakened abduction of the hand
- atrophy of the thenar muscles w/ loss of opposition & loss or weakness of other movements of the 1st digit. The term “ape hand”
- Sensory loss over the lateral 2/3 of the palmar surface of the hand
Median Nerve damage
If you suspect median nerve damage what test can you perform?
- motor test
- sensory test