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What is the medial border of the cubital fossa?
- pronator teres muscle
Where is the cubital fossa?
- triangular shaped space in front of the elbow
What is the lateral border of the cubital fossa?
- bracioradialis
What is the medial border of the cubital fossa?
- pronator teres muscle
What is the base of the cubital fossa?
- line between the epicondyles of humerus
Where is the cubital fossa?
- triangular shaped space in front of the elbow
What is the medial border of the cubital fossa?
- pronator teres muscle
What is the floor of the cubital fossa?
- brachialis
What is the medial border of the cubital fossa?
- pronator teres muscle
Where is the cubital fossa?
- triangular shaped space in front of the elbow
What is the lateral border of the cubital fossa?
- bracioradialis
What is the medial border of the cubital fossa?
- pronator teres muscle
What is the roof of the cubital fossa?
- deep fascia
Where is the cubital fossa?
- triangular shaped space in front of the elbow
What is the medial border of the cubital fossa?
- pronator teres muscle
What is the lateral border of the cubital fossa?
- bracioradialis
What is the base of the cubital fossa?
- line between the epicondyles of humerus
Where is the cubital fossa?
- triangular shaped space in front of the elbow
What is the lateral border of the cubital fossa?
- bracioradialis
What are the contents of the cubital fossa?
- Tendons of biceps brachii
- radial and ulnary artery
- median nerve
- radial nerve
Where is the cubital fossa?
- triangular shaped space in front of the elbow
What is the base of the cubital fossa?
- line between the epicondyles of humerus
What is the floor of the cubital fossa?
- brachialis
What is the lateral border of the cubital fossa?
- bracioradialis
What is the medial border of the cubital fossa?
- pronator teres muscle
What is the medial border of the cubital fossa?
- pronator teres muscle
What does the radial artery give off?
- radial recurrent artery
What is the base of the cubital fossa?
- line between the epicondyles of humerus
What is the lateral border of the cubital fossa?
- bracioradialis
What is the roof of the cubital fossa?
- deep fascia
What is the base of the cubital fossa?
- line between the epicondyles of humerus
What is the floor of the cubital fossa?
- brachialis
What is the base of the cubital fossa?
- line between the epicondyles of humerus
What artery does the radial recurrent anastomses with and where does this occur?
- radial collateral
- front lateral epicondyle
What is the floor of the cubital fossa?
- brachialis
Where is the cubital fossa?
- triangular shaped space in front of the elbow
What are the contents of the cubital fossa?
- Tendons of biceps brachii
- radial and ulnary artery
- median nerve
- radial nerve
What is the floor of the cubital fossa?
- brachialis
What is the roof of the cubital fossa?
- deep fascia
Where is the cubital fossa?
- triangular shaped space in front of the elbow
What is the medial border of the cubital fossa?
- pronator teres muscle
What is the floor of the cubital fossa?
- brachialis
What are the 3 main branches of the ulnar artery?
- common interosseous artery (short trunk)
- anterior ulnar recurrent
- posterior ulnar recurrent
What is the lateral border of the cubital fossa?
- bracioradialis
What is the roof of the cubital fossa?
- deep fascia
What does the radial artery give off?
- radial recurrent artery
What is the roof of the cubital fossa?
- deep fascia
What are the contents of the cubital fossa?
- Tendons of biceps brachii
- radial and ulnary artery
- median nerve
- radial nerve
What is the lateral border of the cubital fossa?
- bracioradialis
Where is the cubital fossa?
- triangular shaped space in front of the elbow
What is the roof of the cubital fossa?
- deep fascia
What is the base of the cubital fossa?
- line between the epicondyles of humerus
What are the contents of the cubital fossa?
- Tendons of biceps brachii
- radial and ulnary artery
- median nerve
- radial nerve
What is the medial border of the cubital fossa?
- pronator teres muscle
What are the contents of the cubital fossa?
- Tendons of biceps brachii
- radial and ulnary artery
- median nerve
- radial nerve
What artery does the radial recurrent anastomses with and where does this occur?
- radial collateral
- front lateral epicondyle
What is the base of the cubital fossa?
- line between the epicondyles of humerus
What does the radial artery give off?
- radial recurrent artery
What is the lateral border of the cubital fossa?
- bracioradialis
What are the contents of the cubital fossa?
- Tendons of biceps brachii
- radial and ulnary artery
- median nerve
- radial nerve
What does the radial artery give off?
- radial recurrent artery
What is the floor of the cubital fossa?
- brachialis
What are the 3 main branches of the ulnar artery?
- common interosseous artery (short trunk)
- anterior ulnar recurrent
- posterior ulnar recurrent
What artery does the radial recurrent anastomses with and where does this occur?
- radial collateral
- front lateral epicondyle
What is the roof of the cubital fossa?
- deep fascia
What does the radial artery give off?
- radial recurrent artery
What is the floor of the cubital fossa?
- brachialis
What does the radial artery give off?
- radial recurrent artery
What artery does the radial recurrent anastomses with and where does this occur?
- radial collateral
- front lateral epicondyle
What is the base of the cubital fossa?
- line between the epicondyles of humerus
Where is the cubital fossa?
- triangular shaped space in front of the elbow
What are the contents of the cubital fossa?
- Tendons of biceps brachii
- radial and ulnary artery
- median nerve
- radial nerve
What artery does the radial recurrent anastomses with and where does this occur?
- radial collateral
- front lateral epicondyle
What are the 3 main branches of the ulnar artery?
- common interosseous artery (short trunk)
- anterior ulnar recurrent
- posterior ulnar recurrent
What is the roof of the cubital fossa?
- deep fascia
What is the floor of the cubital fossa?
- brachialis
What artery does the radial recurrent anastomses with and where does this occur?
- radial collateral
- front lateral epicondyle
What are the 3 main branches of the ulnar artery?
- common interosseous artery (short trunk)
- anterior ulnar recurrent
- posterior ulnar recurrent
What does the radial artery give off?
- radial recurrent artery
What is the roof of the cubital fossa?
- deep fascia
What are the 3 main branches of the ulnar artery?
- common interosseous artery (short trunk)
- anterior ulnar recurrent
- posterior ulnar recurrent
What are the 3 main branches of the ulnar artery?
- common interosseous artery (short trunk)
- anterior ulnar recurrent
- posterior ulnar recurrent
What is the lateral border of the cubital fossa?
- bracioradialis
What are the contents of the cubital fossa?
- Tendons of biceps brachii
- radial and ulnary artery
- median nerve
- radial nerve
What artery does the radial recurrent anastomses with and where does this occur?
- radial collateral
- front lateral epicondyle
What are the contents of the cubital fossa?
- Tendons of biceps brachii
- radial and ulnary artery
- median nerve
- radial nerve
What are the 3 main branches of the ulnar artery?
- common interosseous artery (short trunk)
- anterior ulnar recurrent
- posterior ulnar recurrent
What does the radial artery give off?
- radial recurrent artery
What does the radial artery give off?
- radial recurrent artery
What is the base of the cubital fossa?
- line between the epicondyles of humerus
What artery does the radial recurrent anastomses with and where does this occur?
- radial collateral
- front lateral epicondyle
What is the floor of the cubital fossa?
- brachialis
What artery does the radial recurrent anastomses with and where does this occur?
- radial collateral
- front lateral epicondyle
What is the roof of the cubital fossa?
- deep fascia
What are the 3 main branches of the ulnar artery?
- common interosseous artery (short trunk)
- anterior ulnar recurrent
- posterior ulnar recurrent
What are the 3 main branches of the ulnar artery?
- common interosseous artery (short trunk)
- anterior ulnar recurrent
- posterior ulnar recurrent
What are the contents of the cubital fossa?
- Tendons of biceps brachii
- radial and ulnary artery
- median nerve
- radial nerve
What does the radial artery give off?
- radial recurrent artery
What artery does the radial recurrent anastomses with and where does this occur?
- radial collateral
- front lateral epicondyle
What are the 3 main branches of the ulnar artery?
- common interosseous artery (short trunk)
- anterior ulnar recurrent
- posterior ulnar recurrent
The common interosseous artery gives off what 2 branches and where do they travel?
- anterior interosseous artery in front of the interosseous membrane
- posterior interosseous artery behind interosseous membrane
What smaller artery does the posterior interosseous artery give off?
- interosseous recurrent artery
The interosseous recurrent artery anastomes with what artery?
- middle collateral
What does the anterior ulnar recurrent artery combine wiht?
- inferior ulnar collateral
What does the posterior ulnar recurrent artery combine with?
- superior ulnar collateral
What is the palmar carpal ligament?
- thickening of the antebrachial fascia (surrounds muscles) just above the wrist
Where is the flexor retinaculum attached?
- Laterally: tubercle of the scaphoid and crest of trapezium (opposite sides)
- Medially: pisiform and hamulus (hook) of hamate
Flexor retinaculum provides the boundary for what structure?
- carpal tunnel
What nerve runs through the carpal tunnel?
- Median nerve
What is the other name for the flexor retinaculum?
- transverse carpal ligament
How many muscles are there in the anterior compartment of the arm? Layers
- 8 muscles in 4 layers
What are the 4 muscles of the first layer of the anterior compartment?
- pronator teres
- flexor carpi radialis
- palmaris longus
- flexor carpi ulnaris
What is the origin of all the muscles from the first layer of the anterior forearm?
- medial epicondle/ common flexor tendon
Where does the second head of the pronator teres originate?
- ulna
Where does the pronator teres muscle insert?
- mid shaft of the radius
What innervates the pronator teres?
- median nerve
Where does the flexor carpi radialis insert?
- 2nd and 3rd metacarpal
Where does the flexor carpi radialis travel through?
- split in flexor retinaculum
What innervates the flexor carpi radialis?
- median nerve
What does the flexor carpi radialis do?
- flexes wrist towards thumb side
How many muscles are there in the anterior compartment of the arm? Layers
- 8 muscles in 4 layers
What are the 4 muscles of the first layer of the anterior compartment?
- pronator teres
- flexor carpi radialis
- palmaris longus
- flexor carpi ulnaris
What is the origin of all the muscles from the first layer of the anterior forearm?
- medial epicondle/ common flexor tendon
Where does the second head of the pronator teres originate?
- ulna
Where does the pronator teres muscle insert?
- mid shaft of the radius
What innervates the pronator teres?
- median nerve
Where does the flexor carpi radialis insert?
- 2nd and 3rd metacarpal
Where does the flexor carpi radialis travel through?
- split in flexor retinaculum
What innervates the flexor carpi radialis?
- median nerve
What does the flexor carpi radialis do?
- flexes wrist towards thumb side
Where does the palmaris longus insert?
- flexor retinaculum and palmar aponeurosis
What innervates the palmaris longus
- median nerve
What does the palmaris longus do?
- flexes wrist back
How often is palmaris longus absent?
- 13% of sides
Where is the second head origin of the flexor carpi ulnaris?
- ulna
What innervates the flexor carpi ulnaris?
- ulnar nerve
Where does the flexor carpi ulnaris insert in kids? adults?
- hook of hamate
- pisiform
What muscle is in the second layer of the anterior forearm?
- flexor digitorum superficialis
Where is the origin of the flexor digitorum superficialis?
- WIDE: radius (humerus, ulna)
Where does the flexor digitorum superficialis insert?
- middle phalanges of four fingers (splits on insetion)
Where does the palmaris longus insert?
- flexor retinaculum and palmar aponeurosis
What innervates the palmaris longus
- median nerve
What does the palmaris longus do?
- flexes wrist back
How often is palmaris longus absent?
- 13% of sides
Where is the second head origin of the flexor carpi ulnaris?
- ulna
What innervates the flexor carpi ulnaris?
- ulnar nerve
Where does the flexor carpi ulnaris insert in kids? adults?
- hook of hamate
- pisiform
What muscle is in the second layer of the anterior forearm?
- flexor digitorum superficialis
Where is the origin of the flexor digitorum superficialis?
- WIDE: radius (humerus, ulna)
Where does the flexor digitorum superficialis insert?
- middle phalanges of four fingers (splits on insetion)
Where does the palmaris longus insert?
- flexor retinaculum and palmar aponeurosis
What innervates the palmaris longus
- median nerve
What does the palmaris longus do?
- flexes wrist back
How often is palmaris longus absent?
- 13% of sides
Where is the second head origin of the flexor carpi ulnaris?
- ulna
What innervates the flexor carpi ulnaris?
- ulnar nerve
Where does the flexor carpi ulnaris insert in kids? adults?
- hook of hamate
- pisiform
What muscle is in the second layer of the anterior forearm?
- flexor digitorum superficialis
Where is the origin of the flexor digitorum superficialis?
- WIDE: radius (humerus, ulna)
Where does the flexor digitorum superficialis insert?
- middle phalanges of four fingers (splits on insetion)
What does the flexor digitorum superficialis do?
- flexes digit
What innervates the flexor digitorum superficialis?
- median nerve
What does the flexor digitorum superficialis tendon travel through?
- carpal tunnel
What are the 2 muscles of the 3rd layer?
- flexor pollicis longus
- flexor digitorum profundus
Where is the origin of the flexor pollicis longus?
- anterior surface of the radius (mainly)
- interosseous membrane
Where does the flexor pollicis longus insert?
- distal phalanx of thumb
What does pollicis of flexor pollicis longus mean?
- thumb
What does the flexor pollicis longus do?
- flexes thumb
What does the flexor pollicis pass through?
- carpal tunnel
What innervates the flexor pollicis longus?
- median nerve
What is the origin of the flexor digitorum profundus?
- posterior and medial surface of the ulna
What innervates the flexor digitorum profundus?
- median nerve (radial half)
- ulnar nerve (ulnar half)
Where does the flexor digitorum profundus insert?
- distal phalanges of four fingers (travels through the split of the tendon from the flexor digitorum superficialis)
What does flexor digitorum travel through?
- carpal tunnel
What 3 muscles travel through the carpal tunnel?
- Flexor digitorum superficialis
- flexor polllicis
- flexor digitorum profundus
What is the 1 muscle of the 4th layer?
- pronator quadratus
Where does the pronator quadratus insert?
- radius (lateral)
Where does the pronator muscle originate?
- ulna (medial)
What does the pronator quadratus do?
- pronator of forearm
What innervates the pronator quadratus?
- anterior interosseus branch nerve (off median)
What does the brachial artery lie between in the cubital fossa?
- brachial artery
- median nerve
What does teh brachial artery bifurcate into at the level of the neck of the radius?
- radial and ulnar branches
How does teh radial artery cross teh pronator teres and brachioradialis?
- superficial to pronator teres
- deep to brachioradialis
Is it lateral/medial to the flexor carpi radialis tendon in the lower forearm?
- lateral
Is the ulnar nerve and artery deep or superficial to the carpal tunnel?
- superficial
Is the ulnar nerve deep or superficial to the median nerve and the heads of the pronator teres?
- deep
Is the ulnar artery lateral/medial to the ulnar nerve?
- lateral
What does teh common interosseous artery split into?
- anterior and posterior interosseous artries
What are the 3 branches off of the brachial arteries?
- superior ulnar collateral
- inferior ulnar collateral
- deep brachial artery (splits into radial and middle collateral)
The superior ulnar collateral artery anastomoses with?
- posterior ulnar recurrent
The inferior ulnar collateral artery (off brachial) anastomes with?
- anterior ulnar recurrent
The middle collateral artery anastomoses with?
- interosseous recurrent (radial)
The radial collateral artery (off brachial) anastomoses with?
- radial recurrent (radial)
The median nerve passes between the 2 heads of which muscle?
- pronator teres
What does the median nerve innervate?
- muscles of the first and second layer of the forearm
What nerve comes off of the median nerve in the cubital fossa?
- anterior interosseous nerve
What does the anterior interosseous nerve innervate?
- muscles of the third and fourth layers (Flexor pollicis longus and pronator quadratus)
What is the membrane called that the anterior interosseous nerve lies in?
- interosseous membrane
The ulnar nerve enters the forearm in front of/behind the medial epicondyle of the humerus?
- behind
The ulnar nerve passes between the 2 heads of what muscle?
- flexor carpi ulnaris
What muscles does teh ulnar nerve travel on and innervate?
- flexor digitorum profundus
What is the groove on the pisform bone that the ulnar nerve passes through
- Guyou's canal
What 2 things does the ulnar nerve innervate?
- flexor carpi ulnaris
- ulnar half of flexor digitorum profundus