Hand Flashcards
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Dorsum of the skin is innervate by
Ulnar nerve and radial nerve
Palmar surface of the skin innervated by
Median nerve mostly and ulnar nerve
Carpal arch is formed
Laterally by tubercle of trapezium and scaphoid and medically by hook of hammate and pisiform
List carpal bones from lateral to medial
Scaphoid, lunnate, triquetium, pisiform for proximal
Trapezium, trapezpid, capitate, hammate for distal
Veinous drainage of dorsum of hand?
Cephalic vein
Anatomical snuffbox
It is a triangular depression on the posterolateral aspect of the wrist and first metacarpal
Borders of anatomical snuffbox
Laterally by APL and EPB
Medial border is EPL
Floor by scaphoid and trapezium and extensor carpus radialis longus and extensor carpus radialis brevis
Contents of anatomical snuffbox
Radial artery
Superficial branch of radial nerve
Cephalic vein and dorsal veinoue arch of the hand(in the subcutaneous tissue)
What is the natatory ligament
Superficial transverse metacarpal ligament
Chronic damage to palmar apponeurosis resulting in fibrosis and shortening of fibres pulling hand into a FIXED FLEXED POSITION is known as
Dupuytren’s contracture
Medial 4 fingers have 2 long tendons in each digital flexor sheath and thumb has 1. What is it?
Flexor digitorium profundus, flexor digitorum superficial. Thumbs has flexor pollicis longus
Common flexor sheaths contain
The superficial and deep flexor tendons
Common flexor sheath extends about …. cm into the distal part of the forearm
2.5
The common flexor sheath is closed on…side and open from… side. What is the clinical importance
Closed on medial and open on lateral side
Clinical importance is that infection in little finger and thumb can extend into forearm bc synovial sheath is continuous
Lower segment of cord supply… muscles and higher segment of cord supply… muscles
Distal
Proximal
What are the intrinsic muscles of the hand
Palmaris brevis Hypothenar Thenar (look more into this Abductor Pollicis Lumbricals Palmar and dorsal interrosei
All intrinsic muscles are supplied by deep branch of the ulnar nerve except
3 thenar muscles and 2 lateral lumbricals innervated my the median nerve
Lumbrical muscles function
Extend both interphalangeal joints and flex MCP
Nerve supply of lumbroxal muscles
Medial two by ulnar nerve and lateral 2 by median nerve
Important of lumbrical muscles
Orignate from 4FDP tendons if the palm and pass dorsally around the lateral side of each finger’s MCP joints.
Dorsal interroseuous muscles action
Spread the fingers. Abduct fingers away from midline
Nerve supply of dorsal interosseous muscles
Deep branch of ulnar nerve
Important info on dorsal interroseuous
4
Each arise by 2 heads from adjacent metacarpal bones
Distribution of palmar interosseous muscles
Thumb may or may not have. Middle finger doesn’t have. Index finger medial side, ring finger, little finger