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1
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palm characteristics

A

thick layer of skin
numerous sweat glands
hairless
papillary ridges

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2
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what are palmar creases

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where skin attaches to deep fascia

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3
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3 palmar creases

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  • longitudinal
  • mid-palmar
  • distal creases
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4
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3 anterior wrist creases

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  • distal
  • middle
  • proximal
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5
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what is the palmar aponeurosis

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triangular shaped band of deep fascia

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6
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clinical implications of issues with palmar aponeurosis

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Dupuytrens contracture if scarring/fibrosis of palm

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7
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2 eminences on palmar surface

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  • thenar (lateral/prominent)
  • hypothenar (medial/smaller)
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8
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what separates 2 eminences of palm

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central concavity

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9
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3 thenar muscles

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  • abductor pollicis brevis
  • flexor pollicis brevis
  • opponens pollicis
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10
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thenar muscles innervation

A

median nerve

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11
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abductor pollicis brevis origin

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  • trapezium
  • scaphoid
  • flexor retinaculum
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12
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abductor pollicis brevis insertion

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base of proximal phalanx and extensor hood of thumb

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13
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abductor pollicis brevis innervation

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recurrent branch of median nerve

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14
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abductor pollicis brevis action

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abduction at metacarpophalangeal joint
assists in thumb opposition

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flexor pollicis brevis origin

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tubercle of trapezium and flexor retinaculum

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flexor pollicis brevis insertion

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base of proximal phalanx of thumb

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17
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flexor pollicis brevis innervation

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recurrent branch of median nerve

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18
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flexor pollicis brevis action

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flexes the thumb at metacarpophalangeal joint
assists in thumb opposition

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19
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opponens pollicis origin

A

tubercle of trapezium and flexor retinaculum

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20
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opponens pollicis insertion

A

lateral border of first metacarpal

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21
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opponens pollicis innervation

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recurrent branch of median nerve

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22
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opponens pollicis action

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opposition of thumb
medially rotates and flexes metacarpal 1 during opposition

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23
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what is the carpal tunnel

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tunnel formed as flexor retinaculum and carpal bones enclose area

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24
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what is inside the carpal tunnel

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  • 4 tendons of flexor digitorum profundus
  • 4 tendons of the flexor digitorum superficialis
  • tendon of the flexor pollicis longus
  • Median Nerve
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25
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what is carpal tunnel syndrome

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  • entrapment of median nerve in carpal tunnel syndrome
  • causes numbness, tingling, wasting of thenar muscles
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26
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hypothenar muscles

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  • abductor digiti minimi
  • flexor digiti minimi brevis
  • opponens digiti minimi
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27
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hypothenar muscles innervation

A

ulnar nerve

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28
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abductor digiti minimi origin

A

pisiform bone
tendon of flexor carpi ulnaris

29
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abductor digiti minimi insertion

A

medial base of proximal phalanx of little finger

30
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abductor digiti minimi innervation

A

ulnar nerve

31
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abductor digiti minimi action

A

abducts little finger

32
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flexor digiti minimi brevis origin

A

flexor retinaculum
hook of hamate

33
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flexor digiti minimi brevis insertion

A

medial base of proximal phalanx of little finger

34
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flexor digiti minimi brevis innervation

A

ulnar nerve

35
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flexor digiti minimi brevis action

A

flexes proximal phalanx of little finger

36
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opponens digiti minimi origin

A

flexor retinaculum
hook of hamate

37
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opponens digiti minimi insertion

A

medial border of metacarpal 5

38
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opponens digiti minimi innervation

A

ulnar nerve

39
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opponens digiti minimi action

A

rotates metacarpal 5 in opposing little finger to thumb

40
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Adductor pollicis origin

A

anterior surfaces of capitate and trapezoid metacarpals 2 and 3

41
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Adductor pollicis insertion

A

medial base of proximal phalanx of thumb

42
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Adductor pollicis innervation

A

ulnar nerve

43
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Adductor pollicis action

A

adducts thumb

44
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extensor expansion/hood

A

a triangular shaped connective tissue aponeurosis over proximal phalanges

45
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Lumbrical muscles

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  • first lumbrical muscle
  • second lumbrical muscle
  • third Lumbrical muscle
  • fourth Lumbrical muscle
46
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unipennate Lumbrical muscles

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first and second

47
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bipennate Lumbrical muscles

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third and fourth

48
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Lumbrical muscles origin

A

tendons of flexor digitorum profundus

49
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Lumbrical muscles insertion

A

extensor expansions of digits 2-5
- extending from flexor tendon to extensor expansion
- linking flexor tendons to extensors

50
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first Lumbrical muscle innervation

A

median nerve

51
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second Lumbrical muscle innervation

A

median nerve

52
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third Lumbrical muscle innervation

A

ulnar nerve

53
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fourth Lumbrical muscle innervation

A

ulnar nerve

54
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lumbrical muscles action

A

flexes digits 2-5 at metacarpophalangeal joints
extends interphalangeal joints

55
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number of palmar interossei muscles

56
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number of dorsal interossei muscles

57
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dorsal interossei origin

A

adjacent sides of metacarpals
(1, 2), (2, 3), (3, 4), (4, 5)

58
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dorsal interossei insertion

A

extensor hood
base of proximal phalanges of index, middle and ring fingers

59
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dorsal interossei innervation

A

ulnar nerve

60
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dorsal interossei action

61
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palmar interossei origin

A

sides of metacarpals 2, 4, 5

62
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palmar interossei insertion

A

extensor hood of index, ring and little fingers

63
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palmar interossei innervation

A

ulnar nerve

64
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palmar interossei action

65
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palmaris brevis origin

A

palmar aponeurosis and flexor retinaculum

66
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palmar aponeurosis insertion

A

skin on medial margin of hand

67
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palmar aponeurosis innervation

A

ulnar nerve

68
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palmaris brevis action

A

improves grip

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