Test 3: Wrist & Hand Flashcards
Carpal bones- Proximal Row:
- Scaphoid (navicular) “boat shaped”
- Lunate “cresent shaped”
- Triquetrum “three-cornered “
- Pisiform “pea shaped”
Carpal bones- Distal Row:
- Hamate “hooked”
- Capitate “head shaped”
- Trapezoid “table shaped”
- Trapezium “little table”
Carpal bones enhances our…
Range of Motion
What is the most common fractured bone in the body?
Scaphoid
What is the most common dislocated bone in the body?
Lunate
What part is the thumb missing?
middle
How many phalanges are there?
14
• weak, thin ligament
• spans from the styloid process of the radius to the scaphoid and
trapezium bones
Function
• Stabilizes lateral aspect of the wrist joint
• Resists Excessive Ulnar Deviation (Adduction)
Radial collateral ligament
• short ligamentous band
• attaches to the styloid process of the ulna and then splits into two
sheets as it descends to attach to the triquetral and pisiform bones
Function
• Stabilizes medial aspect of the wrist joint
• Resists Excessive Radial Deviation (Abduction)
Ulnar collateral ligament
Wrist (radiocarpal) joint (condyloid)
- Flexion & extension
* Ulnar and radial deviation
Metacarpal-phalangeal joints (condyloid)
- Flexion & extension
* Ulnar and radial deviation
PIP joints (ginglymus)
Flexion & extenstion
DIP joints (ginglymus)
Flexion & extension
Carpometacarpal joint
Saddle
Metacarpophalangeal
Ginglymus
Interphalangeal
Condyloid
Origin of the flexor carpi radialis
Common flexor tendon from medial epicondyle of humerus
Insertion of flexor carpi radialis
Bases of 2nd and 3rd
metacarpals
Action of the flexor carpi radialis
- Flex the wrist
- Abduct the wrist
- May assist to flex the elbow
Origin of the palmaris longus
• Common flexor tendon from medial epicondyle of humerus
Insertion of the palmaris longus
• Flexor retinaculum and
palmar aponeurosis
Action of the palmaris longus
- Tense the palmer fascia
- Flex the wrist
- May assist to flex the elbow
Origin of the flexor carpi ulnaris
- Common flexor tendon from medial epicondyle of humerus
* Posterior surface of proximal ⅔ of ulna