Wrist & Hand - General Information Flashcards
Creases on your palm are actually
attachments of skin to superficial palmar aponeuroses
Superficial palmar aponeurosis spilts into what two layers
superficial and deep
Functions of palmar aponeurosis (3)
minimize slippage during grasping activities (stabilize palmar skin)
protect underlying mm, n, vessels
help create carpal tunnel (deep layer of PA)
Extensor and flexor retinaculum mechanical function
maintain more constant moment arm at PIP and DIP that each tendon crosses
Flexor retinaculum of fingers is composed of (2)
cruciform ligaments
annular ligaments (A1-A5)
5 mm groups of hand?
Thenar eminence
Hypothenar eminence
Lumbricals
PADs
DABs
What composes the thenar eminence?
*** (All For One And) One For All
(4 layers, sup to deep:)
abductor pollicis brevis
flexor pollicis brevis
opponens pollicis
adductor pollicis
What composes the hypothenar eminence?
(3 mm)
abductor digiti minimi
flexor digiti minimi
opponens digiti minimi
Which lumbricals are unipennate or bipennate?
*** “LU MB ricals”
lateral 2 - unipennate
medial 2 - bipennate
DABs are unipennate or bipennate?
bipennate
What is the dorsal digital expansion?
triangular aponeurosis through which the extensor digitorum, interossei, and lumbricals exert their coordinated actions at the MCP and IP joints
Tendon of DDE trifurcates over the
proximal phalanx
The central tendon of the DDE inserts on
dorsal base of the middle phalanx
Two lateral bands of the DDE travel
on either side of the PIP and inserts on the dorsal base of the distal phalanx
The trifurcation of the DDE is held in place by the
transverse fibers of the expansion