Forearm
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Two CompartmentsAnterior (flexor) Compartment
Posterior (extensor) compartment Invested by
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deep fascia
Attached to olecranon & post. Border of ulna
Sending no. of septa
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Deep fascia ?thichened to form Fexor and
Extensor Retnaculum close to wrist
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to retain digital tendons in positionSepta and Flexor Retinaculum
Anterior (Flexor) Compartment
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Demarcated from post. compartment
Medially
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Olecranon process and post. border of UlnaLaterally
by anterior border of radius
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Floor of Anterior Compartment
? Ant. Surface of Radius
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? Ant. and Medial surfaces of Ulna? Interosseous Membrane
(Fibres ? downwards & medial y)
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Contents
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Muscles ? 8 muscles-- arrranged in two groups
? Superficial (Five)
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-- Deep (Three)
Vessels ? Radial and Ulnar
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Common interosseous branch of ulnar arterydividing into
Ant. & post. interosseous branches
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Nerves ? Median and Ulnar nerves
-- Anterior interosseous branch of median nerve
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Flexor Muscles of the ForearmSuperficial flexors
Five(5) in number
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common origin -- medial epicondyle of Humerus
All crosses Elbow Joint
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Pronator Teres Flexor Carpi RadialisPalmaris Longus Flexor Carpi Ulnaris
Flexor Digitorum Superficialis
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Muscles with additional origin ? PT, FCU, FDS
Deep Flexors
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Three(3) in numberOrigin confined to radius and Ulna
? Flexor Pollicis Longus
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? Flexor Digitorum Profundus
? Pronator Quadratus
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Pronator TeresOrigin
by Humeral (Superficial) And Ulnar (deep) Heads
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Humeral Head
Ulnar Head
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Medial border of coronoid process of ulnaInsertion
By a flat tendon to the middle of the lateral surface of
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Radius
N. Supply
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Median nerve , before it pass b/w two headsAction : Pronation of Forearm , Weak Flexor of
Elbow
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Flexor Carpi Radialis
Origin
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? Medial epicondyle
? from adjoining deep fascia
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InsertionPalmer surface of base of second and third
metacarpal bones
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Nerve supply
Median nerve
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ActionFlexor of wrist
Along with ECRL & ECRB ? abduction of wrist
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Palmaris
longus
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Nerve SupplyMedian Nerve
Origin
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Action
Medial epicondyle of humerus
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Weak flexor of wristCourse
Long tendon
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Passes in front of flexor retinaculum
Insertion
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Continues as central part of Palmer aponeurosisFlexor Carpi Ulnaris
Origin
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Two heads
Humeral head
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Ulnar headMedial margin of olecranon process and
2/3rd of the post border of ulna
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Insertion
To pisiform bone
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through pisohammate and pisometacarpal lhook of hamate and base of fifth metacarp
Nerve supply
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igaments
Ulnar nerve
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al boneAction
Flexor of wrist,along with ECU ? adduction of
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wrist
wrist
Flexor digitorum Superficialis
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Origin
Two heads
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Humero-ulnarMedial epicondyle of humerus and
medial margin of coronoid process
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Radial head
Whole length of ant. Oblique line of
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radiusCourse
Form four tendons above
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wrist arranged in superficial
(mostly radial) and deep
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group of two eachPasses below fl. Retinaculum
and diverge in palm
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Superficial ? for middle and
ring finger
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Deep ? for index and ringfinger
Nerve supply
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Median nerve
Insertion
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At base of proximal phalanx each digit tendon splits into twoAl ow the passage of tendon of F. digitorum porofundus
Slips reunite again, and split again to be attached to
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side of the shaft of middle phalanx
Action
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Flexion of middle phalanx at proximal interphalangeal jointIn prolonged contraction ? Flexion of metacarpophalangeal
joint and wrist joint
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Deep Flexors
Flexor Pol icis Longus
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Flexor DigitorumProfundus
Pronator Quadratus
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Flexor Poli cis Longus
Origin
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Ant. Surface of shaft of radius below anterior
oblique line
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and adjoining Interosseous membrane Passes belowFl. Retinaculum
Insertion
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Palmer surface of base of distal phalanx of thumb
Nerve supply
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Ant. Interosseous branch Of Median NerveAction
Flexor of Thumb
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Flexor Digitorum Profundus
Origin
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Ant. and Medial surface of upper 3/4th ofshaft of ulna
Including medial surface of coronoid and
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olecranon process
Adjoining Interosseous memb
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And upper3/4th of post. border of ulnaCourse
Form four tendons
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Remain united except the tendon
for index finger
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Passes deep to flexor retinaculumDiverge in palm
Passes in b/w slips of superficialis
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Give origin to four lumbricals
Insertion
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Palmer surface of base of terminal (distal) phalanx of medial
four fingers
Nerve Supply
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Medial part- Ulnar nerve
Latreral part - Ant. Interosseous branch Of Median Nerve
Action - Flexes terminal phalanx
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In anatomy, a vinculum (pl.
vincula) is a band of connective
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tissue, similar to a ligament, thatconnect a flexor tendon to a
phalanx bone. They contain tiny
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vessels which supply blood to the
tendon.[1] In vertebrate
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anatomy, they are referred to asmesotendons.
These vincula are four folds in
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the synovial membrane
Pronator Quadratus
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OriginBony ridge on antero-medial surface of
lower1/4th of ulna
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Insertion
Superficial fibres
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Ant. Surface of lower 1/4th of radiusand adjoining anterior border of radius
Deep Fibres
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Tiangular area just above the ulnar
notch
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Nerve SupplyAnterior Interosseous branch of Median
Nerve
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Action
Superficial fibres
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principal pronatorsDeep fibres
prevent separation of two
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bones on thurst
Functional Classification of Flexor Muscles
Flexors of Wrist
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?Fl. Carpi Radialis
?Fl. Carpi Ulnaris
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Flexors of Middle Phalanges?Fl. Digitorum Superficialis
Flexors of Distal Phalanges
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?Fl. Digitorum Profundus
?Fl. Pol icis Longus
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Pronator of the Forearm?Pronator Teres
?Pronator Quadratus
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Flexor retinaculum of the hand
? Flexor retinaculum - strong, fibrous band that
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covers the carpal bones on palmar side of handnear wrist.
? Attachment ?
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Ulnar side- attaches to the pisiform bone and
hook of hamate bone.
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Radial side- attaches to the tubercle ofscaphoid bone, and to medial part of the palmar
surface and the ridge of the trapezium bone.
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Flexor Retinaculum
Flexor Retinaculum
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AttachmentMedial y
Pisiform
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Hook of Hamate
Lateral y
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Tubercle of Scaphoid Crest ofTrapezium
Structures passing superficial to flexor
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retinaculumTendon of Palmaris longus
Palmer cutaneous branch of Median nerve
Palmer cutaneous branch of Ulnar nerve
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Ulnar vesselsUlnar nerve
Structures passing deep to Flexor retinaculum
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Median nerveTendon of flexor digitorum
superficialis
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Tendon of flexor digitorumprofundus
Tendon of flexor pollicis
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longus
Ulnar bursa
Radial bursa
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Fibrous Flexor Sheath of Digits
Extend from head of metacarpal to
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Base of distal phalanxForm osteofibrous canal for tendons
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Mechanism of injury In Colles' fracture
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Colles' fractureColles' fracture
? Colles' fracture - fracture of
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the distal forearm in which
broken end of the radius is
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bent backwards.? The fracture is also referred to
as a "dinner fork" or
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"bayonet" deformity due to
the shape of the resultant
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forearm.? Symptoms may include pain,
swel ing, deformity, and
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bruising.
? Complications may include
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Smith's fractureMonteggia and Galeazzi Fracture
Monteggia Fracture
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Galeazzi Fracture
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Anastomosis around Elbow joint
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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MCQ? All structures passing superficial to flexor
retinaculum except
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a) Tendon of Palmaris longus
b) Palmer cutaneous branch of Median nerve
c) Median nerve
d) Ulnar nerve
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MCQ? All structures passing superficial to flexor
retinaculum except
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a) Tendon of Palmaris longus
b) Palmer cutaneous branch of Median nerve
c) Median nerve
d) Ulnar nerve
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MCQ
? Al statements regarding Col es' fracture are true except
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-a) Col es' fracture - fracture of the distal radius in which
broken end of the radius is bent backwards.
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b) The fracture is also referred to as a "dinner fork" or
"bayonet" deformity due to the shape of the resultant
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forearm.c) Symptoms may include pain, swel ing, deformity, and
bruising.
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d) Complications may include damage to the ulnar
nerve.
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MCQ? Al statements regarding Col es' fracture are true except
-
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a) Col es' fracture - fracture of the distal radius in which
broken end of the radius is bent backwards.
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b) The fracture is also referred to as a "dinner fork" or"bayonet" deformity due to the shape of the resultant
forearm.
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c) Symptoms may include pain, swel ing, deformity, and
bruising.
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d) Complications may include damage to the ulnarnerve.
MCQ
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? All Structures passes deep to Flexor
retinaculum except-
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a) Median nerveb) Tendon of flexor digitorum superficialis
c) Tendon of flexor carpi radialis
d) Tendon of flexor pollicis longus
e) Radial bursa
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MCQ? All Structures passes deep to Flexor
retinaculum except-
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a) Median nerve
b) Tendon of flexor digitorum superficialis
c) Tendon of flexor carpi radialis
d) Tendon of flexor pollicis longus
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e) Radial bursa