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posterior/extensor forearm
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Anatomy
Graduate
11/02/2008

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Term
Brachioradialis
Definition
proximal attachment: proximal lat. supracondylar ridge

Distal attachment: lateral distal radius

Nerve: radial nerve (C5,6,7)

Action: flexes forearm
Term
Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus
Definition
proximal attachment: lat. supracondylar ridge

Distal attachment: base 2nd metacarpal

Nerve: radial (C6,7)

Action: extend & abduct wrist
Term
Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis
Definition
proximal attachment: lateral epicondyle

Distal attachment: base 3rd metacarpal

Nerve: deep branch radial (C7,8)

Action: extend & abduct wrist
Term
Extensor Carpi Ulnaris
Definition
proximal attachment: lat. epicondyle & post. border ulna

Distal attachment: base 5th metacarpal

Nerve: PIN (C7,8)

Action: extend & adduct (ulnar deviation) wrist
Term
Extensor Digitorum
Definition
proximal attachment: lateral epicondyle

Distal attachment: extensor "hood" medial four digits

Nerve: PIN (C&,8)

Action: extends wrist & medial four MCP jts.
Term
Extensor Digiti Minimi
Definition
proximal attachment: lateral epicondyle

Distal attachment: Extensor "hood" 5th digit

Nerve: PIN (C7,8)

Action: extends 5th MCP & IP's jts.
Term
Supinator
Definition
proximal attachment: lateral, posterior and anterior surfaces of proximal radius

Distal attachment: lateral epicondyle, radial collateral and annular ligaments, supinator crest of ulna

Nerve: deep branch radial nerve (C5,6)

Action: supinates forearm
Term
Abductor Pollicis Longus
Definition
proximal attachment: post. surfaces ulna, radius, IM

Distal attachment: basc 1st metacarpal

Nerve: PIN (C7,8)

Action: abducts & extends thumb at 1st carpometacarpal (CMC)
Term
Extensor Pollicis Brevis
Definition
proximal attachment: post. surface radius & IM

Distal attachment: base 1st proximal phalanx (pp)

Nerve: PIN (C7,8)

Action: extends PP at 1st metacarpophalangeal (MCP)
Term
Extensor Pollicis Longus
Definition
proximal attachment: post.surface middle 1/3 ulna & IM

Distal attachment: base 1st DP

Nerve: PIN(C7,8)

Action: extends DP at IP jt
Term
Extensor Indicis
Definition
proximal attachment: post.surface ulna & IM

Distal attachment: extensor expansion 2nd digit

Nerve: PIN (C7,8)

Action: extends 2nd digit
Term
Flexor Pollicis Brevis
Definition
proximal attachment: flexor retinaculum, scaphoid & trapezium

Distal attachment: lateral side base 1st PP

Nerve: recurrent mendian n. (C8,T1)

Action: flexes 1st CMC & MP jts.
Term
Abductor Pollicis Brevis
Definition
proximal attachment: flexor retinaculum,
scaphoid & trapezuim

Distal attachment: lateral side base 1st PP

Nerve: abducts 1st CMC jt. & assists opposition
Term
Opponens Pollicis
Definition
proximal attachment: flexor retinaculum, scaphoid trapezium

Distal attachment: lateral side 1st MC

Nerve: recurrent median n(C8,T1)

Action: opposition = medial rotation 1st CMC & abduction + flexion at 1st MCP jts
Term
Lumbricals
Definition
proximal attachment: #1 & 2: lateral 2 tendons FDP, #3 & 4: medial 3 tendons FDP

Distal attachment: lateral sides extensor hood

Nerve: #1 & 2 median nerve (C8,T1), #3 & 4 deep branch ulnar nerve (C8,T1)

Action: flex MCP & extend JP jts.
Term
Flexor Digiti Minimi
Definition
proximal attachment: hook of hamate & flexor retinaculum

Distal attachment: medial side 5th PP

Nerve: deep branch ulnar n. (C8,T1)

Action: flexes 5th PP
Term
Abductor Digiti Minimi
Definition
proximal attachment: pisiform none

Distal attachment: medial side 5th PP

Nerve: deep branch ulnar n. (C8,T1)

Action: abducts 5th digit
Term
Opponens Digiti Minimi
Definition
proximal attachment: hook of hamate & flexor retinaculum

Distal attachment: medial border 5th MC

Nerve: deep branch ulnar n. (C8,T1)

Action: draws 5th MC anteriorly & laterally rotates it
Term
Dorsal Interossei
Definition
proximal attachment: adjacent sides of two MC

Distal attachment: extensor hoods & PP digits 2-4

Nerve: deep branch ulnar n. (C8,T1)

Action: abduct digit from midline (3rd digit), flex MCP & extend IP jts.
Term
Adductor Pollicis
Definition
proximal attachment: oblique head bases 2nd & 3rd MCs, capitate; transverse head ant. surface body 3rd MC

Distal attachment: medial side base 1st PP

Nerve: deep branch ulnar n (C8,T1)

Action: adducts thumb (moves towards 3rd digit)
Term
Palmar Interossei
Definition
proximal attachment: palmar surfaces 2nd,4th,5th,MC

Distal attachment: extensor hoods & bases 2nd,4th,5th PPs

Nerve: deepbranch ulnar n. (C8,T1)

Action: adduct digits & flex MCP & extend IP jts.
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