SF: The Hand
Index finger, middle finger, and lateral side of ring finger
2 common palmar digital branches arise from the median nerve, divide into proper palmar digital branches, and innervate the medial aspect of the _______, _______, and _______.
1) radialis indicis 2) princeps pollicis artery
Identify the 2 labeled arteries near the deep palmar arch.
1) Proper palmar digital branches 2) Common palmar digital branches 3) Palmar branch
Identify the 3 branches of the median nerve in the picture.
Palmar aponeurosis
Identify this structure.
recurrent branch
In the palm of the hand, the median nerve immediately gives the _______, a motor branch that passes between the abductor pollicis longus and flexor pollicus longus to loop back to the 3 muscles of the thenar eminence.
superficial; deep
In the palm, the ulnar nerve divides into a _______ branch and a _______ branch.
Median; ulnar; radial
Motor innervation of the hand is by the _______ and _______ nerves. They, alongside _______, provide cutaneous innervation.
1) C6 (skin of thumb and lateral part of forearm) 2) C7 (skin of index, middle, and ring fingers) 3) C8 (skin of little finger, medial hand, and distal portion of forearm)
Name the 3 dermatomes of the hand.
1) Midpalmar space 2) Fibrous septum 3) Thenar space
Name the 3 fascial spaces of the hand.
1) Superficial branch of radial 2) Extensor retinaculum 3) Dorsal digital 4) Dorsal digital
Name the 4 structures in the picture. (1, 3, and 4 are nerves)
1) flexor retinaculum 2) superficial palmar arch 3) deep palmar branch of ulnar artery 4) 3 common palmar digital arteries (each branches into 2 proper digital arteries) 5) ulnar artery
Name the 5 labeled structures.
deep palmar arch
The _______ is inferior to the superficial palmar arch and has 3 small palmar metacarpal arteries that anastomose with the matching superficial arteries.
3 muscles of the thenar eminence
The median nerve gives a motor recurrent branch to _______.
Thumb, index finger
The median nerve gives cutaneous innervation through proper palmar digital nerves to the _______ and lateral border of the _______.
first dorsal interosseous muscle; adductor pollicis muscle
The radial artery dives between the two heads of the _______. It then passes between the transverse and oblique heads of the _______.
Median; Ulnar
The red arrow indicates the _______ nerve, while the blue arrow indicates the _______ nerve.
flexor retinaculum; pisiform; hook of the hamate
The ulnar nerve is superficial to the _______ but runs distally in a groove between the _______ and the _______.
Lumbrical muscles (4); Dorsal interossei muscles (4); Palmar interossei muscles (3)
What 3 groups of muscles make up the intrinsic muscles of the hand? How many muscles are in each group?
abductor digiti minimi; flexor digiti minimi; opponens digiti minimi
What 3 muscles make up the Hypothenar Eminence?
1) Radial 2) Medial 3) Ulnar
What 3 nerves make up the dorsal cutaneous innervation of the hand?
abductor pollicis brevis; flexor pollicis brevis; opponens pollicis
What are the 3 muscles that make up the Thenar Eminence?
3 hypothenar muscles, all dorsal and palmar interossei muscles, 2 most medial lumbrical muscles and rh adductor pollicis
What does the deep branch of the ulnar nerve provide motor to?
palmaris brevis, cutaneous to the medial aspect of the medial 1 1/2 fingers
What does the superficial branch of the ulnar nerve provide motor to?
Dorsal cutaneous branch of the ulnar nerve
What nerve is this?
Ulnar nerve
What other nerve also has these same 3 branches?
Dupuytren's disease
_______ is a condition in which a slowly progressive fibrosis of the palmar aponeurosis results in permanent flexion of the little and ring fingers.
Flexor digitorum superficialis; flexor carpi radialis; palmaris tendon; flexor retinaculum
At the wrist, the median nerve passes between the _______ and the _______ deep to the _______. It then passes under the _______.
1) In the tunnel of Guyon: lose cutaneous innervation to the palmar aspect of their medial 1 1/2 fingers 2) Lose ability to contract all intrinsic muscles of hand, except for those innervated by median nerve 3) flexor and extensor muscles unopposed = claw hand 4) all interossei are paralyzed 5) only 2 medial lumbrical muscles are paralyzed 6) adductor pollicis brevis is non-functional
Name the 6 effects of an injury to the ulnar nerve.
abductor pollicis brevis origin: flexor retinaculum and carpal bones insertion: lateral aspect of base of proximal phalanx of thumb mvmt: abducts thumb at carpometacarpal and metacarpophalangeal joints nerve: median artery: superficial palmar branch of radial artery
Name, origin (2), insertion, mvmt, nerve, artery
adductor pollicis (2 heads = oblique and transverse) origin: oblique head = anterior surfaces of 2nd and 3rd metacarpal transverse head = anterior surface of 3rd metacarpal insertion: medial side of base of proximal phalanx of thumb mvmt: adducts carpometacarpal and metacarpophalangeal joints nerve: deep branch of ulnar nerve artery: deep palmar arch
Name, origin (2), insertion, mvmt, nerve, artery
dorsal interossei origin: from adjacent sides of metacarpal bones insertion: proximal phalanges and extensor expansions of index, middle, and ring fingers with 2 muscles dedicated to middle finger mvmt: abduct index middle and ring fingers, flex metacarpophalangeal joints and extend interphalangeal joints of these 3 fingers nerve: deep branch of ulnar nerve artery: deep palmar arch
Name, origin (2), insertion, mvmt, nerve, artery
flexor pollicis brevis origin: lateral and anterior surface of the flexor retinaculum insertion: lateral aspect of base of proximal phalanx of thumb mvmt: flexes metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb nerve: median artery: superficial palmar branch of radial artery
Name, origin (2), insertion, mvmt, nerve, artery
opponens pollicis (deep to abductor pollicis brevis) origin: lateral and anterior surface of the flexor retinaculum insertion: in the entire length of lateral border of shaft of first metacarpal bone mvmt: performs important movement of opposition nerve: median artery: superficial palmar branch of radial artery
Name, origin (2), insertion, mvmt, nerve, artery
palmar interossei origin: from anterior surface of the shaft of 2nd, 4th, and 5th metacarpal bones insertion: proximal phalanges, on side closest to middle finger and on the extensor expansions of the index, ring, and little fingers mvmt: adduct index, middle and ring fingers, flex metacarpophalangeal joints and extend interphalangeal joints of these 3 fingers nerve: deep branch of ulnar nerve artery: deep palmar arch
Name, origin (3), insertion (2), mvmt, nerve, artery
abductor digiti minimi origin: pisiform bone insertion: medial side of base of proximal phalanx of little finger mvmt: abducts metacarpophalangeal joint of little finger nerve: deep branch of ulnar nerve artery: deep palmar branch of ulnar artery
Name, origin, insertion, mvmt, nerve, artery
flexor digiti minimi origin: medial portion of anterior surface of flexor retinaculum insertion: medial side of base of proximal phalanx of little finger mvmt: flexes metacarpophalangeal joint of little finger nerve: deep branch of ulnar nerve artery: deep palmar branch of ulnar artery
Name, origin, insertion, mvmt, nerve, artery
lumbricals origin: tendons of the flexor digitorum profundus insertion: each muscle inserts on lateral side of corresponding extensor expansion mvmt: flex metacarpophalangeal joints and extend interphalangeal joints nerve: first 2 muscles = digital branch of median 3rd and 4th = deep branch of ulnar nerve artery: superficial and deep palmar arches
Name, origin, insertion, mvmt, nerve, artery
opponens digiti minimi origin: medial portion of anterior surface of flexor retinaculum insertion: entire length of medial border of 5th metacarpal bone mvmt: brings little finger into opposition to the thumb nerve: deep branch of ulnar nerve artery: deep palmar branch of ulnar artery
Name, origin, insertion, mvmt, nerve, artery