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Week 4: The Forearm and Wrist Flashcards

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What is the main function of the muscles in the forearm?

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flexion and extension of the wrist, fingers and thumbs

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Which bones make up the wrist joint?

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Articulation between:
-distal radius
-scaphoid
-lunate
Ulna is NOT involved
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Which ligaments stregthen the wrist joint anteriorly and posteriorly?

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radiocarpal ligaments

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If you’re arm is supinated, (palm facing upwards) where do the radius and ulna lie?

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-ulna lies medially and radius lies laterally (on the thumb side)

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How is the radius and ulna connected?

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by a strong interosseous membrane –> the IOM has holes in it for the passage of vessels

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What is another word for wrist?

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carpus

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What are the names of the 8 bones of the carpus?

“So Long To Pinky, Here Comes The Thumb”

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scaphoid
lunate 
triquetral 
pisiform
hamate 
capitate 
trapezoid 
trapezium
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Which bones do we have in the hand (in ascending order)?

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  1. Carpals (x8)
  2. Metacarpals
  3. Proximal phalanges
  4. Intermediate phalanges
  5. Distal phalanges
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What is the joint between the carpals and metacarpals called?

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carpometacarpal joint (CMCJ)

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What is the joint between the metacarpals and proximal phalanges called?

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Metacarpophalangeal (MCPJ)

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What is the joint between the proximal phalanges and intermediate phalanges called?

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proximal interpharangeal joint (PIPJ)

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What is the joint between the intermediate phalages and distal phalanges called?

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distal interphalangeal joint (DIPJ)

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How is the thumb different to the other fingers?

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-in the thumb, we have just two phalanges but in the fingers we have 3 (there is no intermediate phalange in the thumb)

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What is the joint between the proximal phalange and distal phalange in the thumb called

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interphalangeal joint

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What is the function of the muscles in the anterior compartment of the forearm? (anterior compartment is when hand is supinated)

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to flex (bend) the wrist and digits

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What is the function of the muscles in the posterior compartment of the forearm? (anterior compartment is when hand is pronated)

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to extend (straighten) wrist and digits

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What movements are possible at the wrist joint?

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  • flexion
  • extension
  • abduction (waving toward you)
  • adduction (waving away from you)
  • circumduction

(adduction at fingers is to bring them together, abduction is to spread them out)

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Which movements are possible at the thumb?

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  • abduction
  • adduction
  • extension
  • flexion
  • opposition
  • reposition

(Abduction is different to extension as extension moves the thumb away from the hand in the same plane as the hand, abduction moves away )

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Which nerve are most of the muscles in the anterior forearm innervated by?

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median nerve (C5-T1) - the rest by the ulnar nerve

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Where do the muscles of the anterior forearm insert?

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medial epicondyle of the humerus: the ‘common flexor origin’

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In the superficial layer of the anterior forearm, there are 4 muscles. 1 is a pronator and 3 are wrist flexors. What are their names?

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  1. Pronator = pronator teres
  2. Wrist flexor = flexor carpi radialis
  3. Wrist flexor = flexor carpi ulnaris
  4. Wrist flexor = palmaris longus
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Which nerves are the muscles in the superficial layer of the anterior forearm supplied by

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All supplied by the median nerve except flexor carpi ulnaris (=ulnar nerve)

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What muscle is found in the middle layer of the anterior forearm?

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flexor digitorum superficialis

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Where do the tendons of the flexor digitorum superficialis insert?

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on the middle phalanx of digits 2-5

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What is the function of the flexor digitorum superficialis?
- flexes the fingers at the proximal interphalangeal joint | - contributes to wrist flexion
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Which nerve innervates the flexor digitorum superficialis?
median nerve
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What are the 3 muscles found in the deep layer of the anterior forearm?
1. Flexor digitorum profundus 2. Flexor pollicis longus 3. Pronator quadratus
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Where does the flexor digitorum profundus insert and what is its function?
inserts on the distal phalanx and flexes the distal interphalangeal joint
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Where does the flexor pollicis longus insert and what is its function?
inserts on the distal phalanx and flexes the interphalangeal joint (can also flex wrist)
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Where does the pronator quadratus attach and what does it do?
- attachment to the distal radius and ulna | - pronates the forearm
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Which nerves innervate the muscles in the posterior forearm?
radial nerve
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Where do the muscles of the posterior forearm originate?
lateral epicondyle of the humerus: the 'common extensor origin'
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In the superficial layer of the posterior forearm, there are 6 muscles. There are 4 wrist extensors and 2 finger extensors. What are the names?
4 wrist extensors: - extensor carpi radialis longus - extensor carpi radialis brevis - extensor carpi ulnaris - brachioradialis 2 finger extensors: - extensor digitorum - extensor digiti minimi
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Where does the extensor carpi radialis longus insert?
2nd metacarpal
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Where does the extensor carpi radialis brevis insert?
3rd metacarpal
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Where does the extensor carpi ulnaris insert?
5th metacarpal
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Where does the extensor digitorum insert?
digits 2-5
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Where does the extensor digiti minimi insert?
little finger
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What is the extensor expansion?
fibrous structure where the finger extensors blend onto
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Where does the supinator originate?
humerus and part of the ulnar
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What is the function of the supinator?
helps to supernate the proximal radial joint
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There are 5 muscles in the deep layer of the posterior forearm. There is 1 finger extensor, 2 thumb extensors and 1 thumb abductor. What are they called?
1 finger extensor: extensor indicis 2 thumb extensors: - extensor pollicis longus - extensor pollicis brevis 1 thumb abductor: -abductor pollicis longus
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Where does the extensor indices insert?
the extensor expansion on the dorsal aspect of the finger
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Where does the extensor pollicis longus insert?
1st metacarpal
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Where does the extensor pollicis brevis insert?
1st metacarpal
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Where does the abductor pollicis longus insert?
1st metacarpal
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What is the anatomical snuffbox?
a triangular deepening on the radial, dorsal aspect of hand
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What are the borders of the anatomical snuffbox?
- extensor policies longus - extensor policies brevis - abductor policies longus
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What are the terminal branches of the brachial artery?
radial and ulnar arteries
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what does the ulnar artery branch into
common interosseous branches --> anterior interosseous and posterior inserosseous
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What are the 2 major superficial veins that drain the hand?
cephalic (lateral) and basillic (medial)
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Where does the cephalic vein form?
anatomical snuffbox
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What is the carpal tunnel?
passageway in the wrist - the floor is the arch of the carpus, the roof is a fibrous sheet
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What travels through the carpal tunnel?
long flexor tendons and the median nerve
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What is carpal tunnel syndrome?
- compression of the median nerve - sensory symptoms develop e.g pins and needles, tingling in areas of skin innervated by medialn nerve - weakness in hand muscles innervated by median nerve (small muscles of thumb) - weakness/ atrophy

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