Stu’s Questions Flashcards
The Thenar Muscles all cont Ian this word in their name.
Pollicis
What represents the bottom (proximal) row of carpal bones?
Scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform
What is the origin of the abductor pollicis brevis?
Scaphoid and flexor retinaculum
The capitate articulates with what metacarpals?
3 only
The median nerve supplies which lumbricals?
The lateral pair
The origin of the transverse head of adductor pollicis is…?
Metacarpal 3
The interossei cause…?
Extension of IP joints and flexion of MP joints
A patient loses feeling on their posterior hand, but can still feel their fingertips. What nerve is affected?
Radial nerve
What is the common extensor origin (CEO)?
Medial epicondyle
Flexor carpi radialis inserts on what metacarpals?
2 and 3
Running through the carpal tunnel are the…?
Median nerve and deep flexors
Flexor carpi ulnaris inserts on…?
Pisiform, hamate, and metacarpal 5
The origin of the flexor digitorum superficialis includes all of…?
Medial epicondyle
What is NOT a deep muscle of the forearm?
Palmaris longus
Extensor carpi radialis brevis inserts onto…?
Metacarpal 3
What nerve innervates the entire posterior forearm?
Radial nerve