Unit I Lec 15-16b Flashcards
Tunnels for long flexor tendons on the meteacarpals
fibrous sheaths (synovial sheath)
Feature of fibrous sheath that allows tendons to slide back and forth friction free
synovial fluid
Problem of nodule on fibrous sheath causing flexor tendon to stick in fibrous sheath
trigger finger
Three main nerves in hand
median nerve, superficial radial nerve, ulnar nerve
Two branches of ulnar nerve in hand
volar cutaneous branch, dorsal cutaneous branch
Dorsolateral aspect of hand, digits 1-3 to distal IP joint are innervated by
superficial radial
Tips of digits , dorsal side, 1-3 are innervated by
median nerve
Dorsomedial aspect of hand, digits 4-5 are innervated by
ulnar nerve
On palmar side, hypothenar, digit 5, later half of digit 4 are innervated by
ulnar nerve
On palmar side, medial half of digit 4 to digit 1, including palm are innervated by
median nerve
What nerve travels through flexor retinaculum
median nerve
Band of tissue between hypothenar and thenar eminences
flexor retinaculum
Tunnel through flexor retinaculum
carpal tunnel
Floor of carpal tunnel are what bones
distal row of carpal bones
Roof of carpal tunnel
flexor retinaculum
Impingement of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel
carpal tunnel syndrome
Pregnancy, ergonomics, fluid are all causes of
carpal tunnel syndrome
number of tendons passing through carpal tunnel
8
Problem of sensation in digits 1-3, dorsolateral aspect of hand, thenar eminence
median nerve neuropathy
Flexor digitorum superficialis, flexor digitorum profundus, flexor pollicis longus tendons all go through the
carpal tunnel
Artery nad nerve that does not go through carpal tunnel
ulnar artery and nerve
Tendon that does not go through the carpal tunnel
flexor carpi radialis
Superficial tendon that does not go through the carpal tunnel
palmeris longus
Small nerve that does not go through the carpal tunnel
palmar cutaneous branch of the median nerve