Upper Limb 3 Flashcards
What do the muscles in the anterior compartment of the forearm do in general compared to the posterior compartment of the forearm?
Anterior compartment = flexion and pronation
Posterior compartment = extension and supination
Name the 3 groups of muscles of the anterior forearm
Superficial
Intermediate
Deep
What are the 4 muscles of the superficial group of the anterior forearm?
Pronator teres
Flexor carpi radialis
Palmaris longus
Flexor carpi ulnaris
What is the common flexor origin of the anterior forearm?
How does this compare to the common extensor origin?
Medial epicondyle
Lateral epicondyle
What is the action of pronator teres?
Pronation of the forearm
What is the innervation of the pronator teres?
Median nerve
Pronator teres = pronation
The other 3 muscles of the superficial group of the anterior forearm flex the hand at the wrist joint.
Which muscles in addition to this adduct and abduct at the wrist joint?
Adduct the wrist joint = flexor carpi ulnaris
Abduct the wrist joint = flexor carpi radialis
What two muscles work to abduct the wrist?
Flexor carpi radialis
Extensor carpi radialis (longus and brevis)
What two muscles work to adduct the wrist?
Flexor carpi ulnaris
Extensor carpi ulnaris
What nerves supply the 4 muscles of the superficial group of anterior compartment of forearm?
Median supplies all apart from the flexor carpi ulnaris which is supplied by the ulnar nerve
What is unique about the brachioradialis muscle?
Belongs to the extensor compartment and is supplies by an extensor compartment nerve even though it is a flexor of the elbow joint.
Major exception to the generalisation that the radial nerve supplies only extensor muscles and that all flexors lie in the anterior compartment
Which nerve inervates the brachioradialis muscle?
What is the segmental value?
Radial nerve
c5, C6, c7
What muscle is the only member of the intermediate group of muscles in the anterior compartment of the forearm?
Flexor Digitorum Superficialis (FDS)
How many tendons does the flexor digitorum profundus give rise to?
To which fingers are these tendons attached?
4 tendons
Index finger to pinkie (2-5)
Which phalynx does the tendons of flexor digitorum superficialis insert?
Because of this what joints does this muscle flex?
Middle
Wrist, MCP, and interphalangeal joints
(NOT distal interphalangeal joint)
What nerve supplies the flexor digitorum superficialis?
What is the segmental value? (C7, C8, T1)
Medial nerve
What 3 muscles make up the deep group of the anterior compartment of the forearm?
Flexor digitorum profundus (FDP)
Flexor pollicis longus
Pronator quadratus
What joints does the flexor digitorum profundus act on?
What are its main actions?
Wrist and all joints of the fingers
Flexes wrist and distal interphalangeal
Describe the nerve supply of the flexor digitorum profundus
Dual nerve supply
Ulnar nerve -> Medial part (c8, T1)
Median nerve -> Lateral part (C8, t1)
What is the action and nerve supply of the plexor pollicis longus?
Long flexor of the thumb
Median nerve (C8, t1)
Where is the origin and insertion of the pronator quadrates?
Origin = front of the ulna
Insertion into radius
What is the action of the pronator quadratus?
What is the nerve supply?
Pronates forearm; deep fibres bind radius and ulna together
Anterior interosseous nerve, from median nerve (C8, t1)
What is the relationship of the brachial artery with the medial nerve in the cubital fossa?
The nerve is medial to the brachial artery in the cubital fossa
Which muscle(s) does the median nerve not supply in the forearm?
Flexor carpi ulnaris and medial half of flexor digitorum profundus
Does the median nerve enter the hand by passing below or above the flexor retinaculum?
Below
Describe the path of the ulnar nerve as it enters the forearm
After passing posterior to the medial epicondyle of the humerus the ulnar nerve enters the forearm by passing between the heads of flexor carpi ulnas muscle