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Wrist And Hand Flashcards

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Carpal bones

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Radiocarpal joint
Intercarpal joint
Carpometacarpal joint

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Carpal bones - scaphoid

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Proximal row of the carpal bones
Lateral to lunate

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Carpal bones - lunate

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Proximal row of carpal bones
Lateral to triquetrum
Medial to scaphoid

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Carpal bones - triquetrum

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Proximal row of carpal bones
Medial to lunate

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Carpal bones - pisiform

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Small, pea-shaped sesamoid bone
Lies within the tendon of flexor carpi Ulnaris

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Carpal bones - trapezium

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Distal row of carpal bones
Lateral to trapezoid

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Carpal bones - trapezoid

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Distal row of carpal bones
Medial to trapezium
Lateral to capitate

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Carpal bones - capitate

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Distal row of carpal bones
Medial to trapezoid
Lateral to hamate

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Carpal bones - hamate

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Distal row of carpal bones
Medial to capitate

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Metacarpals

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Five miniature long bones in the palm of the hand
Base-shaft-head
Carpometacarpal joints
Intermetacarpal joints
Metacarpophalangeal joints

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Phalanges

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Fourteen miniature long bones of the digits
Three in each finger and two in the thumb
Proximal-middle-distal
Metacarpophalangeal joints
Interphalangeal joints

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Capsule

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From radius to ulna and proximal row of carpals
Heavily supported by collateral, palmar and dorsal ligaments
Synovial fold - proprioceptive role and sensory function ads it has lots of nerves

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Ligaments

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Ulnar collateral and radial collateral ligaments - prevents medial and lateral movements
Palmar and dorsal Radiocarpal ligaments
Allows the hand to follow the rotation of the radius around the ulna

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Blood supply

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Radial and ulnar arteries - dorsal and palmar carpal arches
Median artery branch of the brachial artery
Median Cubital vein - branch from the basilic vein and turns into the median vein

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Nerve supply to palmar aspect

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Median nerve - under carpal tunnel, thumb, index, middle and half of the ring finger
Ulnar nerve - superficial branch: little and half of the ring finger, deep branch: medial Lumbrical, adductor pollicis, interossei, hypothenar muscles, flexor pollicis brevis

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Nerve supply to dorsum aspect

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Radial nerve - thumb, index, middle and half of the ring finger
Ulnar nerve - little and half of the ring finger, palmar ulnar nerve does the fingertips
Median nerve - palmar branch comes over and does fingertips

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Wrist flexors

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Flexor carpi ulnaris
Flexor carpi radialis

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Wrist extensors

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Extensor carpi ulnaris
Extensor carpi radialis longus
Extensor carpi radialis brevis

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Wrist adductors

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Flexor carpi ulnaris
Extensor carpi ulnaris

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Wrist abductors

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Flexor carpi radialis
Extensor carpi radialis longus
Extensor carpi radialis brevis

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Intercarpal joint

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Between the carpal bones
Plane synovial joint
Small gliding movement s augment wrist movements

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Carpometacarpal joint

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Between the carpal bones and metacarpals
Plane synovial joint (except the thumb)
More movement at medial Carpometacarpal joints

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Intermetacarpal joint

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Between the metacarpals
Plane synovial joint
Small gliding movements

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Metacarpophalangeal joint

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Between the metacarpals and phalanges
Condyloid synovial joint
Flexion, extension, abduction and adduction

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Interphalangeal joint

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Between the phalanges
Hinge synovial joint
Flexion and extension

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Carpometacarpal joint of the thumb

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Between the trapezium (carpal bone) and the metacarpal of the thumb
Saddle synovial joint
Mobility is due to the shape of articular surfaces
Abduction, adduction, extension, flexion, opposition and reposition

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Thenar group

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Adductor pollicis
Abductor pollicis brevis
Opponens pollicis
Flexor pollicis brevis

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Hypothenar group

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Abductor digiti minimi
Flexor digiti minimi brevis
Opponens digiti minimi

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Mid palmar group

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Palmar interossei
Dorsal interossei
Lumbricals

30
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Extensor hood

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Across the middle phalanx
Extensor Digitorum tendon divides into three slips
One inserted into middle phalanx
Two join together and insert on distal phalanx
Allows muscles to have extensive action at the finger

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Flexor tendons to fingers

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Flexor Digitorum Profundus tendon found deep anteriorly
Flexor Digitorum Superficialis tendon divides to control all the fingers - splits to make a hole which allows the flexor Digitorum Profundus to run through
Vincula brevia and vinculum longus stabilises the tendon of flexor Digitorum Profundus and Superficialis

32
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Anatomical snuff box

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Medial side of the hand
Extensor pollicis longus; inserts at base of distal phalanx and extensor pollicis brevis tendons; inserts at base off proximal phalanx

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Carpal tunnel

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Tight space
Flexor Digitorum Superficialis and Profundus, flexor pollicis longus and median nerve runs through
Flexor Retinaculum - transverse carpal ligament

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