Upper Limb 2 Flashcards
What are the muscles of the superficial anterior forearm?
Pronator teres, flexor carpi radialis, palmaris longus, flexor carpi ulnaris.
What are the muscles of the intermediate anterior forearm?
The flexor digitorum superficialis.
Which muscles attach to the common flexor tendon on the medial epicondyle?
Pronator teres, flexor carpi radialis, palmaris longus, flexor carpi ulnarus, flexor digitorum superficialis.
How many people have an absent palmaris longus?
20%
What is the action of pronator teres?
Pronation of the wrist (pulls radial head above the ulnar bone) + elbow flexion
What is the action of flexor carpi ulnaris?
flexion of the wrist, ulnar deviation of the wrist
What is the action of flexor carpi radialis?
Flexion of the wrist and radial deviation of the wrist.
What muscles of the forearm does the median nerve supply?
pronator teres, palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis, flexor digitorum superficialis.
What muscle of the forearm does the ulnar nerve supply?
Flexor carpi ulnaris.
What happens to the tendons of flexor digitorum superficialis?
there is 4 tendons, these split into 2, passing round the back of the phalanx making a tunnel for flexor digitorum profundus.
Where do the two heads of flexor digitorum superficialis arise from?
One arises from the radial head and ulna, one comes from the common flexor tendon - in between is where the median nerve and ulnar artery runs.
Where do the tendons of flexor digitorum superficialis end?
They split into two and end on the lateral side of the middle phalanx.
Where does the tendons of flexor digitorum profundus end?
Stays as one and inserts onto the base of the distal phalanx
What is the function of flexor digitorum superficialis?
Flexion of the proximal interphalangeal joint and metacarpophalangeal joint and wrist joint.
What is the function of flexor digitorum profundus?
Flexion of the distal and proximal interphalangeal joints and metacarpophalangeal joints and wrist joint.
Where does the flexor digitorum profundus arise from?
the anterior and medial surface of the ulnar bone and interosseous membrane.
Which muscles does the flexor digitorum profundus muscles give rise to?
The lumbrical muscles of the hand.
What is the function of the brachoradialis muscle?
Flexion of the elbow in the mid-prone position - innervated by the radial nerve.
It flexes the arm against resistance.
What are the 3 deep muscles in the anterior forearm?
Flexor digitorum profundus, flexor pollicis longus and pronator quadratus.
What does the median nerve supply?
All muscles in the anterior forearm apart from flexor carpi ulnaris and the medial half of flexor digitorum profundus.
Where does the median nerve come out and into the carpal tunnel?
It comes out of the flexor digitorum superficialis about 5cm from the wrist then enters the carpal tunnel.
which structures enter the carpal tunnel?
4 tendons of flexor digitorum profundus, 4 tendons of flexor digitorum superficialis and 1 tendon of flexor pollicus longus + median nerve.
Which muscles cause ulnar deviation of the wrist?
Flexor carpi ulnaris + extensor carpi ulnaris.
Which muscles cause radial deviation of the wrist?
Flexor carpi radialis and extensor carpi radialis.
Which nerves supply the flexor digitorum profundus?
medial half - ulnar nerve.
lateral hald - median nerve.
What muscles of the anterior forearm produce pronation?
Pronator teres and pronator quadratus
Where does the median nerve go after the cubital fossa?
In between the two heads of pronator teres.