Wrist and Hand Flashcards
this is often compressed with ulnar deviation (often injured with repetitive movement - hammering)
triangular fibrocartilagenous complex
___ most commonly broken in wrist
scaphoid
__ most frequently dislocated bone in wrist
the lunate
maximum wrist extension occurs when…
fingers are flexed
max wrist flexion occurs when..
fist is open
O/I/N Flexor carpi radialis
O - medial epicondyle of humerus
I - base of 2/3 metacarpal bone
N - median n
Action of flexor carpi radials
- wrist flexion
- wrist radial deviation
O/I/ of the flexor carpi ulnaris
o - HH - medial condyle of humerus
UH - olecranon and posterior border of ulna
I - pisiform bone, hook of hamate bone, 5th metacarpal
nerve/action of flexor carpi ulnaris
N - ulnar
A - flexion/ulnar deviation
palmaris longus O/I
O - medial condyle of humerus
I - distal half of flexor retinaculum and palmar aponeurosis
action/nerve of palmaris longus
N- median
A - flexion of wrist, tightens palmar aponeurosis
extensor Carpi radialis longus O/I/N
O - lateral supracondyler ridge of humerus
I - base of 2nd metacarpal
N - radila nerve
Action of extensor Carpi radialis longus
extension, radial deviation
Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis O/I/N
o - lateral epicondyle
I - base of 3rd metacarpal
N - radial
Action of Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis
extension and radial deviation
N/A Extensor Carpi Ulnaris
N - radial
A - ulnar deviation