Forearm + hand Flashcards
(29 cards)
carpal bones
bottom row -
- scaphoid
- lunate
- triquetrum
- pisiform
top row -
- trapezium
- trapezoid
- capitate
- hamate
some lovers try positions that they cannot handle
anterior + posterior forearm compartments separated by
- lateral intermuscular septum - radius to fascia
- interosseous membrane
- attachment of deep fascia into posterior border of ulna
superficial anterior muscles of forearm
PFPF pronator teres flexor carpi radialis palmaris longus flexor carpi ulnaris
4 superficial anterior forearm muscles originate at
medial epichondyle
which anterior superfifial muscle of forearm is NOT innervated by median nerve?
flexor carpi ulnaris –> ulnar nerve
insertion pronator teres
mid-lateral radial shaft
as well as flexing forearm, pronator teres + flexor carpi radialis do what?
- pronates forearm
- abducts HAND at wrist joint
action flexor carpi ulnaris
flexes WRIST
adducts wrist
insertion flexor carpi ulnaris
hook of hamate
pisiform
base of metacarpal 5
insertion flexor carpi radialis
base of metacarpals 2 + 3
insrtion palmaris longus
flexor retinaculum
palmar aponeurosis
action palmaris longus
accessory flexor at wrist
intermediate muscles of anterior forearm
flexor digitorum superficialis
origin flexor digitorum superficialis
common flexor tendon
anterior surface radial shaft
coronoid process
insertion flexor digitorum superficialis
middle phalanges of digits 2-5
innervation flexor digitorum superficialis
median nerve
action flexor digitorum superficialis
flexes middle + proximal phalanges + wrist
deep anterior muscles of forearm
flexor pollicis longus
flexor digitorum profundus
pronator quadratus
origin flexor pollicis longus
medial epichondyle
anterior surface radius
insertion flexor pollicis longus
base of distal phalanx of thumb
innervation flexor pollicis longus
median nerve (interosseous branch)
action flexor pollicis longus
flexes thumb
origin flexor digitorum profundus
upper 3/4 anterior shaft of ULNA
adjacent interosseous membrane
insertion flexor digitorum profundus
base of distal phalanges 2-5
- through split tendons of flexor digitorum superficialis