Unit 1_The Wrist & Hand Flashcards
What is the 1st digit in the hand?
The thumb
How many fingers do humans have according to therapists?
4 fingers, 1 thumb
How many digits do humans have according to therapists?
5 digits
What are the palmer creases in the hand?
Distal transverse
Proximal transverse
Thenar
Middle
What contains the thenar muscles in the hand?
The Thenar eminence
What contains the hypothenar muscles in the hand?
The Hypothenar eminence
What are the wrist creases?
Distal wrist crease
Middle wrist crease
Proximal wrist crease
*It’s possible to have only 1 wrist crease
What motions does the wrist give us?
Extension/Flexion
Ulnar Deviation (abduction)/Radial Deviation (adduction)
Circumduction
What kind of motion is a Dart Thrower’s Motion?
Circumduction
What are the joints of the wrist?
Radiocarpal Joint
Intercarpal Joint
Distal Radioulnar Joint
What is a pivot joint in the wrist, has an articular capsule with anterior/posterior thickenings and the Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex (TFCC)?
Distal Radioulnar Joint
What is made up the radius and proximal carpal bones and has an articular capsule “a thick, tough, pliable membrane”?
Radiocarpal Joint (Condyloid)
What ligaments are included in the radiocarpal joint and hold the wrist together?
Ulnar and radial collateral ligaments
What is the midcarpal joint also known as?
Intercarpal Joint
What are the carpal bones?
Some (Scaphoid)
Lovers (Lunate)
Try (Triquetrum)
Positions (Pisiform)
That (Trapezium)
They (Trapezoid)
Can’t (Capitate)
Handle (Hamate)
What are the most commonly fractured bones in the wrist?
Scaphoid (#1) and Lunate (#2)
What bones are included in the proximal row of carpal bones?
Scaphoid
Lunate
Triquetrum
Pisiform
What bones are included in the distal row of carpal bones?
Trapezium
Trapezoid
Capitate
Hamate
What is the most frequently fractured carpal bone?
Scaphoid (70%)
What carpal bone is trapped under the thumb?
Trapezium
What carpal bone is at the base of the 5th metacarpal?
Hook of the Hamate
What carpal bone is on top of the triquetrum?
Pisiform
What makes up the Metacarpal bones?
Metacarpals
Base
Shaft
Head
What is the full finger/digit/metacarpal known as?
Ray
What is the 1st Carpalmetacarpal (CMC) Joint known as?
A saddle joint