UL Flashcards
What is the major medial rotator of the arm at the shoulder joint?
Subscapularis
What is responsible for abduction of the thumb?
Abductor Pollicis Brevis
What flexes the MCP joint of the thumb?
Flexor Pollicis Brevis
What opposes the thumb by medially rotating and flexing the metacarpal on the trapezium?
Opponens Pollicis
What 3 muscles make up the thenar eminence of the hand?
Abductor Pollicis Brevis, Flexor Pollicis Brevis, Opponens Pollicis
What nerve innervates the thenar muscles of the hand?
Median Nerve
What rotates the metacarpal of the little finger towards the palm, causing opposition?
Opponens digiti minimi
What abducts the little finger?
Abductor digiti minimi
What flexes the MCP joint of the little finger?
Flexor digiti minimi brevis
What is responsible for flexion at the MCP joint and extension at the interphalangeal joints of each digit.
Lumbricals
What abducts the fingers at the MCP joint?
Dorsal Interossei
What adducts the fingers at the MCP joint
Palmar Interossei
What is responsible for adduction of the thumb?
Adductor Pollicis
What wrinkles the skin of the hypothenar eminence and deepens the curvature of the hand, improving grip?
Palmaris Brevis
What muscle originates from the tubercles of the Scaphoid and Trapezium and inserts into the lateral side of the proximal phalanx of the thumb?
Abductor Pollicis Brevis
What muscle originates from the tubercle of the trapezium and from the associated flexor retinaculum and inserts into the base of the proximal phalanx of the thumb?
Flexor Pollicis Brevis
What muscle originates from the tubercle of the trapezium and the associated flexor retinaculum and inserts into the lateral margin of the metacarpal of the thumb?
Opponens Pollicis
What muscle originates from the hook of hamate and associated flexor retinaculum and inserts into the medial margin of the fifth metacarpal?
Opponens Digiti Minimi
What muscle originates from the pisiform and the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris and inserts into the base of the proximal phalanx of the little finger?
Abductor Digiti Minimi
What muscle originates from the hook of hamate and adjacent flexor retinaculum and inserts into the base of the proximal phalanx of the little finger?
Flexor digiti minimi brevis
What group of muscles originate from a tendon of the flexor digitorum profundus and pass dorsally and laterally around each finger, and insert into the extensor hood.
Lumbricals
What interossei originate from the lateral and medial surfaces of the metacarpals and insert into the extensor hood and proximal phalanx of each finger?
Dorsal Interossei
What interossei originate from either a medial or lateral surface of a metacarpal and insert into the extensor hood and proximal phalanx of same finger?
Palmar Interossei
What muscle has the transverse head originate from metacarpal III and the oblique head originating from the capitate and adjacent areas of metacarpals II and III and inserts into the base of the proximal phalanx of the thumb?
Adductor Pollicis
What muscle originates from the palmar aponeurosis and flexor retinaculum and inserts into the dermis of the skin on the medial margin of the hand.
Palmaris brevis
What muscle is responsible for flexion and adduction at the wrist?
Flexor carpi ulnaris
What muscle has its humeral head originate from the medial epicondyle of the humerus with the other superficial flexors, with the ulnar head originating from the olecranon of the ulnar and inserts into the pisiform bone, hook of hamate, and base of the 5th metacarpal?
Flexor carpi ulnaris
What muscle is responsible for flexion at the wrist?
Palmaris Longus
What muscle originates from the medial epicondyle and inserts into the flexor retinaculum of the wrist?
Palmaris Longus
What muscle is responsible for flexion and abduction at the wrist?
Flexor carpi radialis
What muscle originates from the medial epicondyle and inserts into the base of metacarpals II and III.
Flexor Carpi Radialis
What muscle is responsible for pronation of the forearm?
Pronator Teres
What muscle originates from the medial epicondyle, and the coronoid process of the ulna and inserts laterally into the mid-shaft of the radius?
Pronator Teres
What muscle is responsible for flexing the metacarpophalangeal joints and proximal interphalangeal joints at the 4 fingers, and flexion at the wrist?
Flexor digitorum superficialis
What muscle originates from the medial epicondyle of the humerus and from the radius and inserts into the middle phalange of each finger?
Flexor digitorum superficialis
What muscle is responsible for flexing the distal interphalangeal joints of the fingers and flexing the metacarpophalangeal joints and flexion of the wrist?
Flexor digitorum profundus
What muscle originates from the ulna and associated interosseous membrane, splits into four tendons, that pass through the carpal tunnel and insert into the distal phalanges of the four fingers?
Flexor digitorum profundus
What muscle is responsible for flexing the interphalangeal joint and metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb?
Flexor pollicis longus
What muscle originates from the anterior surface of the radius and surrounding interosseous membrane and inserts into the base of the distal phalanx of the thumb?
Flexor pollicis longus
What muscle is responsible for flexing the interphalangeal joint and metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb?
Flexor pollicis longus
What muscle in the deep anterior forearm is responsible for pronating the forearm?
Pronator quadratus
What muscle originates from the anterior surface of the ulna and inserts into the anterior surface of the radius?
Pronator quadratus
What muscle is responsible for flexion at the elbow?
Brachioradialis
What muscle originates from the proximal aspect of the lateral supracondylar ridge of humerus and inserts into the distal end of the radius, just before the radial styloid process?
Brachioradialis
What muscle(s) is responsible for extension and abduction at the wrist?
Extensor carpi radialis longus and brevis
What muscle originates from the supracondylar ridge and inserts into metacarpal II and III?
Extensor carpi radialis longus
What muscle originates from the lateral epicondyle and inserts into metacarpal II and III?
Extensor carpi radialis brevis
What muscle is responsible for extension of the medial four fingers at the MCP and IP joints?
Extensor digitorum communis
What muscle originates from the lateral epicondyle, continues into the distal part of the forearm, where it splits into four, and inserts into the extensor hood of each finger?
Extensor digitorum communis
What muscle is responsible for extension of the little finger, and contributes to extension at the wrist?
Extensor digiti minimi
What muscle originates from the lateral epicondyle of the humerus and inserts, with the extensor digitorum tendon, into the extensor hood of the little finger?
Extensor digiti minimi
What muscle is responsible for extension and adduction of wrist?
Extensor carpi ulnaris
What muscle originates from the lateral epicondyle of the humerus and inserts into the base of metacarpal V?
Extensor carpi ulnaris