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10 Cards in this Set
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Pronator Teres |
Action - Pronates forearm and flexes elbow. Nerve - Median n C6,7 Notes - Median n runs between it's two heads
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Flexor Carpi Radialis |
Action - Flexes and abducts wrist Nerve - Median n C6,7
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Flexor Carpi Ulnaris |
Action - Flexes and adducts wrist. Fixes pisiform during action of hypothenar muscles. Nerve - Ulnar n. C7,8,T1 Notes - Ulnar n. passes between the heads. |
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Name the three muscles of anterior forearm in the first layer? |
Pronator teres Flexor carpi radialis Flexor carpi ulnaris |
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Name the muscle in the 2nd layer of the anterior forearm |
Flexor Digitorum Superficialis |
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Flexor Digitorum Superficialis |
Action - Flexes prox IP joints and 2ndarily MCP joints and wrist Nerve - Median n. C7,8,T1
Notes - Median nerve applied to undersurface of muscle. |
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Name the muscles in the third layer of the the anterior forearm |
Flexor pollicis longus Flexor digitorum profundus Pronator quadratus |
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Flexor Pollicis Longus |
Action - Flexes distal phalanx of thumb Nerve - Ant interosseous n C7/8 |
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Flexor Digitorum Profundus |
Action - Flexes distal IP joints then 2ndarily flexes prox IP & MCP joints & wrist Nerve - Median n. C8, T1. Ulnar n. C8, T1. Notes - Nerve supply as above in 60%. In 40% it is 3:1 either way. |
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Pronator Quadratus |
Action - Pronates forearm & maintains ulna & radius opposed. Nerve - Ant interosseous n. C8,T1 |
