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Upper Extremity Forearm and Hand

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List the muscles in the superficial layer (from lateral to medial) of the forearm flexor compartment   pronator teres , flexor carpi radialis , Palmaris longus , flexor carpi ulnaris  
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Flexor carpi ulnaris function   flexes and aDducts the wrist joint  
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Flexor carpi ulnaris innervations   ulnar nerve  
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Flexor carpi ulnaris blood supply   ulnar  
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Flexor carpi radialis function   flexes and aBducts wrist  
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Flexor carpi radialis innervations   median nerve  
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Flexor carpi radialis blood supply   ulnar artery  
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Palmaris longus action   flexes wrist joint & resists shearing force when gripping  
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Palmaris longus innervations   median nerve  
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Palmaris longus blood supply   ulnar artery  
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Pronator teres function   pronation  
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Pronator teres innervations   median nerve  
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Pronator teres blood supply   ulnar artery  
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What muscle is in the intermediate flexor compartment?   flexor digitorum superficialis  
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Flexor digitorum superficialis function   flexes proximal interphalangeal joints of index, middle, ring and little fingers. Can also flex metacarpophalangeal joints of same fingers and wrist  
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What are the muscles of the deep flexor compartment?   flexor digitorum profundus, flexor pollicis longus, and pronator quadrates  
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flexor digitorum profundus function   flexes distal interphalangeal and metacarpophalangeal joints of the index, middle, ring and little fingers and wrist  
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flexor digitorum profundus innervations   lateral-median anterior interosseus, medial –ulnar  
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flexor digitorum profundus blood supply   Ulnar and anterior interosseous artery  
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flexor pollicis longus function   flexes interphalangeal and metacarpophalangeal joint of thumb  
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flexor pollicis longus innervations   median anterior interosseus nerve  
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flexor pollicis longus blood supply   anterior interosseous artery  
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pronator quadrates function   pronation  
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pronator quadrates innervations   median anterior interosseus nerve  
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pronator quadrates blood supply   anterior interosseous artery  
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Brachioradialis: Innervation   Radial Nerve.    
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Brachioradialis: Blood Supply   Radial artery  
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Brachioradialis: Action   accessory flexor of elbow joint when forearm is midpronated  
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Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus: Innervation   Radial nerve.    
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Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus: Blood Supply   Radial artery  
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Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus: Action   Extend and aBduct hand at the wrist joint.    
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Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis: Innervation   Deep branch of the radial nerve.    
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Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis: Action   Extend and aBduct the hand at the wrist joint   
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Extensor Digitorum: Innervation   Posterior Interosseous Nerve  
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Extensor Digitorum: Blood Supply   Posterior Interosseous artery.    
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Extensor Digitorum: Action   Extends medial four digits and wrist  
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Extensor Digiti Minimi: Innervation   Posterior Interosseous Nerve, a continuation of the deep branch of the radial nerve.  
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Extensor Digiti Minimi: Blood Supply   Posterior Interosseous artery.    
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Extensor Digiti Minimi: Action   extends little finger  
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Extensor Carpi Ulnaris: Innervation   Posterior Interosseous Nerve  
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Extensor Carpi Ulnaris: Blood Supply   Posterior Interosseous artery.    
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Extensor Carpi Ulnaris: Action   Extends and adducts the hand at the wrist joint  
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Supinator: Innervation   posterior interosseous nerve    
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Supinator: Blood Supply   Posterior Interosseous artery and Radial Recurrent artery.    
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Supinator: Action   Supinates forearm  
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Abductor Pollicis Longus: Innervation   Posterior Interosseous Nerve  
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Abductor Pollicis Longus: Blood Supply   Posterior Interosseous artery.    
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Abductor Pollicis Longus: Action   Abducts thumb and extends it at the carpometacarpal joint.    
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Extensor Pollicis Longus: Innervation   Posterior Interosseous Nerve, a continuation of the deep branch of the radial nerve.  "  
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Extensor Pollicis Longus: Blood Supply   Posterior Interosseous artery.    
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Extensor Pollicis Longus: Action   Extends distal phalanx of the thumb at interphalangeal joint; extends metacarpophalangeal and carpometacarpal joints.    
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Extensor Pollicis Brevis: Innervation   "Posterior Interosseous Nerve, a continuation of the deep branch of the radial nerve.  "  
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Extensor Pollicis Brevis: Blood Supply   Posterior Interosseous artery.    
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Extensor Pollicis Brevis: Action   Extends proximal phalanx of the thumb at the metacarpophalangeal joint; extends carpometacarpal joints.    
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Extendor Indicis: Innervation   Posterior Interosseous Nerve, a coninuation of the deep branch of the radial nerve.  "  
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Extensor Indicis: Blood Supply   Posterior Interosseous artery.    
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Extensor Indicis: Action   Extends index finger  
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Palmaris brevis: Innervation   superficial br. of the ulnar n  
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Palmaris brevis: Blood Supply   ulnar a.    
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Palmaris brevis: Action   improves grip  
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Opponens Pollicis: Innervation   Recurrent branch of the Median Nerve.    
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Opponens Pollicis: Blood Supply   Superficial palmar branch of the Radial artery.    
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Opponens Pollicis: Action   rotate thumb medially.    
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Abductor Pollicis Brevis: Innervation   Recurrent branch of the Median Nerve.    
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Abductor Pollicis Brevis: Blood Supply   Superficial palmar branch of the Radial artery.    
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Abductor Pollicis Brevis: Action   Abducts the thumb at metacarpophalangeal joint  
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Flexor Pollicis Brevis: Innervation   Recurrent branch of the Median Nerve.    
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Flexor Pollicis Brevis: Action   Flexes the thumb at metacarpophalangeal joint.    
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Flexor Pollicis Brevis: Blood Supply   Superficial palmar branch of the Radial artery.  
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Adductor Pollicis: Innervation   Deep branch of the Ulnar nerve.    
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Adductor Pollicis: Action   Adducts the thumb  
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Adductor Pollicis: Blood Supply   Deep palmar arterial arch.  
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Abductor Digiti Minimi: Innervation   Deep branch of the Ulnar nerve.    
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Abductor Digiti Minimi: Blood Supply   ulnar artery.    
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Abductor Digiti Minimi: Action   Abducts little finger at metacarpophalangeal joint  
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Flexor Digiti Minimi Brevis: Innervation   Deep branch of the Ulnar nerve.    
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Flexor Digiti Minimi Brevis: Action   Flexes little finger at metacarpophalangeal joint    
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Flexor Digiti Minimi Brevis: Blood Supply   ulnar artery  
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Opponens Digiti Minimi: Innervation   Deep branch of the Ulnar Nerve.    
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Opponens Digiti Minimi: Blood Supply   Ulnar artery.    
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Opponens Digiti Minimi: Action   laterally rotates metacarpal 5    
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Lumbricals: Innervation of lateral 2   Median Nerve    
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Lumbricals: Innervation of medial 2   Deep branch of Ulnar Nerve.    
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Lumbricals: Action   "Flex metacarpophalangeal joints while extend interphalangeal joints  
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Lumbricals: Blood Supply   Branches of superficial palmar arterial arches.  
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Dorsal Interossei (1-4): Innervation   Deep branch of the Ulnar Nerve.    
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Dorsal Interossei (1-4): Action   aBduction of index, middle, and ring fingers at the metacarpophalangeal joints  
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Dorsal Interossei (1-4): Blood Supply   dorsal and palmar metacarpal aa  
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Palmar Interossei (1-3): Innervation   Deep branch of the Ulnar Nerve.    
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Palmar Interossei (1-3): Action   aDduction of thumb, index, and ring and little fingers at the metacarpophalangeal joints  
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Palmar Interossei (1-3): Blood Supply   palmar metacarpal aa.  
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Name the two joints between the ulna and radius   proximal and distal radio-ulnar joint  
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Which of the forearms bones is thick at the top and thin at the bottom   ulna  
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Flexor digitorum superficialis blood supply   ulnar arteries  
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Flexor digitorum superficialis innervations   median nerve  
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What is the membrane between ulna and radius?   interosseous membrane  
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What are the bones in the proximal row of the carpals from lateral to medial?   scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform  
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What are the bones in the distal row of the carpals from lateral to medial?   trapizium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate  
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What is the diagnosis of someone with a break in the fifth metacarpal bone?   boxer's fracture  
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What ligaments reinforce the metacarpophalangeal joints?   palmar ligament and collateral ligaments  
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What ligaments connects the palmar ligament?   transverse metacarpal ligaments.  
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What is the flexor retinaculum?   thick connective tissue ligament that bridges medial and lateral sides of the base of the arch  
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Which tendons pass through the carpal tunnel?   flexor digitorum profundus, flexor digitorum superficialis, flexor pollicus longus  
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What nerve is affected by carpal tunnel syndrome?   median nerve  
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What nerve, artery and tendon pass above the carpal tunnel?   The ulnar nerve and artery and palmaris longus.  
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What artery is laterally adjacent to the scaphoid and enters the snuff box?   radial  
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What tendons are on the posterior side of the wrist?   extensor digitorum and extensor indicis  
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What tendons are on the medial side of the wrist?   extensor carpi ulnaris and extensor digiti minimi  
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What tendons are on the lateral side of the wrist?   abductor pollicis longus, extensor pollicis longus and brevis, extensor carpi radialis longus and brevis  
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What muscles make up the borders of the anatomical snuff box?   Lateral:APL, EPB Medial:EPL Floor:scaphoid, trapezium and ECRL and ECRB  
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Why does an infection of the synovial sheats not spread when it enters digits 2-4?   synovial sheats ends at metacarpals  
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Why does an infection of the synovial sheats spread when it enters digits 1 or 5?   These sheaths are continuous with the sheaths of the tendons in the carpal tunnel.  
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What nerves and muscles goes through the thenar eminence?   median nerve, opponins pollicus, abductor pollicis brevis, flexor pollicis brevis  
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What nerves and muscles goes through the hypothena eminence?   ulnar nerve, opponens, flexor, abductor digiti minimi  
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What goes through the thenar space?   adductor pollicus and Ulnar  
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What goes through the mid palmer space?   FDS, FDP, median and ulnar nerves  
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What nerve is injured and what symptoms occur from a supracondylar fracture?   Median nerve injured. Weak wrist flexion, ulnar deviation and flexion of 4 and 5 digit, atrophy of thenar eminence. OAF muscles lost. Benediction hand when making fist. Sensory loss on palmar and dorsal 2,3,4 1/2 and palmar thumb.  
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What nerve is injured and what symptoms occur from a Colle's fracture?   LLOAF pollicis muscles gone: thenar emminence atrophy, loss of thumb fine movements and opposition  
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How can you find out if a patient has carpel tunnel syndrome?   Phalen's Test or Tinel's test  
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