The Hand Flashcards
palm characteristics
thick layer of skin
numerous sweat glands
hairless
papillary ridges
what are palmar creases
where skin attaches to deep fascia
3 palmar creases
- longitudinal
- mid-palmar
- distal creases
3 anterior wrist creases
- distal
- middle
- proximal
what is the palmar aponeurosis
triangular shaped band of deep fascia
clinical implications of issues with palmar aponeurosis
Dupuytrens contracture if scarring/fibrosis of palm
2 eminences on palmar surface
- thenar (lateral/prominent)
- hypothenar (medial/smaller)
what separates 2 eminences of palm
central concavity
3 thenar muscles
- abductor pollicis brevis
- flexor pollicis brevis
- opponens pollicis
thenar muscles innervation
median nerve
abductor pollicis brevis origin
- trapezium
- scaphoid
- flexor retinaculum
abductor pollicis brevis insertion
base of proximal phalanx and extensor hood of thumb
abductor pollicis brevis innervation
recurrent branch of median nerve
abductor pollicis brevis action
abduction at metacarpophalangeal joint
assists in thumb opposition
flexor pollicis brevis origin
tubercle of trapezium and flexor retinaculum
flexor pollicis brevis insertion
base of proximal phalanx of thumb
flexor pollicis brevis innervation
recurrent branch of median nerve
flexor pollicis brevis action
flexes the thumb at metacarpophalangeal joint
assists in thumb opposition
opponens pollicis origin
tubercle of trapezium and flexor retinaculum
opponens pollicis insertion
lateral border of first metacarpal
opponens pollicis innervation
recurrent branch of median nerve
opponens pollicis action
opposition of thumb
medially rotates and flexes metacarpal 1 during opposition
what is the carpal tunnel
tunnel formed as flexor retinaculum and carpal bones enclose area
what is inside the carpal tunnel
- 4 tendons of flexor digitorum profundus
- 4 tendons of the flexor digitorum superficialis
- tendon of the flexor pollicis longus
- Median Nerve
what is carpal tunnel syndrome
- entrapment of median nerve in carpal tunnel syndrome
- causes numbness, tingling, wasting of thenar muscles
hypothenar muscles
- abductor digiti minimi
- flexor digiti minimi brevis
- opponens digiti minimi
hypothenar muscles innervation
ulnar nerve