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hand and wrist musculature
hand and wrist musculature
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 4
06/05/2009

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Term
list the muscles that make up the thenar eminence
Definition
1.abductor pollicis brevis
2.flexor pollicis brevis
3.opponens pollicis
Term
list the muscles that make up the hypothenar eminence
Definition
1.abductor digiti minimi
2.flexor digiti minimi
3.opponens digiti minimi
Term
list the muscles innervated by the median nerve
Definition
1.abductor pollicis brevis
2.flexor pollicis brevis
3.opponens pollicis
4.lumbricals 1 & 2
Term
list the muscles innervated by the ulnar nerve
Definition
1.adductor pollicis
2.palmaris brevis
3.abductor digiti minimi
4.flexor digiti minimi
5.opponens digiti minimi
6.palmar interossei
7.dorsal interossei
8.lumbricals 3 & 4
Term
action of abductor pollicis brevis
Definition
1.abducts thumb
2.participates to flex thumb
3.might assist to extend thumb if attached to extensor pollicis longus
Term
action of flexor pollicis brevis
Definition
flexes thumb
Term
action of opponens pollicis
Definition
opposes the thumb to the fingers
Term
action of adductor pollicis
Definition
1.adducts thumb
2.may assist to flext thumb
Term
action of palmaris brevis
Definition
tenses skin on the ulnar side of the palm
Term
action of abductor digiti minimi
Definition
1.abducts the 5th digit
2.assists the 5th digit
3.may assist in extenson of 5th digit
Term
action of flexor digiti minimi
Definition
flexes the 5th digit
Term
action of opponens digiti minimi
Definition
1.opaposes 5th digit with the thumb
2.assists to cup the palm
Term
action of palmar interossei
Definition
1.adducts fingers
2.flexes fingers (at MCP joint while IPs are extended)
Term
action of dorsal interossei
Definition
1.abducts fingers
2.flexes fingers (at MCP joint while IPs are extended)
Term
action of lumbricals
Definition
1.flexes fingers (MCP joints)
2.extends IPs
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