Upper extremity FINGERS AND THUMB test 2 part 1 Flashcards
how many phalanges
14 phalanges
how many metacarpals
5 metacarpals
how many carpals
8 carpals
how many bones in total in the hand and wrist?
27 total
Digit 1
thumb
has only 1 interphalangeal joint
has proximal and distal phalanges
digits 2-5
pointer finger to pinkie
has proximal, middle, and distal phalanx
has 2 interphalangeal joints
PIP
proximal interphalangeal joint
DIP
distal interphalangeal joint
phalanx
head (distal)
body (shaft)
base (proximal)
metacarpals
consists of head, body and shaft
head articulates with base of phalanges
base articulates with carpals
anterior part of the metacarpal
concave in shape
dorsal part of metacarpal
convex in shape
metacarpal heads are referred to as
knuckles
interphalangeal joints
located between the phalanges
named by their location
PIP and DIP
metacarpophalangeal joint (MCP)
articulation between metacarpal and proximal phalanges
Carpometacarpal joints
articulation between carpals and base of the metacarpals
sesamoid bones
small and oval
protect tendon from wear and tear
largest is the patella
carpals
proximal row: scaphoid lunate triquetrum pisiform
Distal row: trapezium trapezoid capitate hamate
scaphoid
AKA navicular
articulates with the radius
most frequently fractured carpal
Lunate
crescent shape
articulates with radius
pisiform
pea shaped
anterior to triquetrum
trapezium
proximal to 1st metacarpal
trapezoid
smallest bone in distal row
capitate
large bone
articulates with base of 3rd metacarpal
hamate
hook on anterior surface called the hamulus
anatomic snuffbox
triangular depression on posterior wrist
overlies the scaphoid
carpal sulcus
formed by concave anterior surface of the wrist
flexor retinaculum
fibrous band that attaches to the hook of hamate and trapezium and scaphoid
carpal tunnel
passageway created between the carpal sulcus and flexor retinaculum
median nerve
passes through the carpal canal
carpal tunnel syndrome
compression of median nerve inside carpal tunnel
proximal/distal radioulnar joint
were the ulna and radius meet.
allow for rotational movement of hand and wrist.
styloid process of the radius
projection on lateral distal surface
ulnar notch
depression on medial aspect of distal radius that receives the head of the ulna to form the distal radioulnar joint
radial head
flattened rounded disk like structure
radial neck
inferior to head of radius
radial tuberosity
rough process on medial and anterior side of radius, distal to the neck
Olecrananon process
beak like process of proximal ulna