Term
| list the muscles that make up the thenar eminence |
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Definition
1.abductor pollicis brevis
2.flexor pollicis brevis
3.opponens pollicis |
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Term
| list the muscles that make up the hypothenar eminence |
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Definition
1.abductor digiti minimi
2.flexor digiti minimi
3.opponens digiti minimi |
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Term
| list the muscles innervated by the median nerve |
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Definition
1.abductor pollicis brevis
2.flexor pollicis brevis
3.opponens pollicis
4.lumbricals 1 & 2 |
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Term
| list the muscles innervated by the ulnar nerve |
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Definition
1.adductor pollicis
2.palmaris brevis
3.abductor digiti minimi
4.flexor digiti minimi
5.opponens digiti minimi
6.palmar interossei
7.dorsal interossei
8.lumbricals 3 & 4 |
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Term
| action of abductor pollicis brevis |
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Definition
1.abducts thumb
2.participates to flex thumb
3.might assist to extend thumb if attached to extensor pollicis longus |
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Term
| action of flexor pollicis brevis |
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Definition
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Term
| action of opponens pollicis |
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Definition
| opposes the thumb to the fingers |
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Term
| action of adductor pollicis |
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Definition
1.adducts thumb
2.may assist to flext thumb |
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Term
| action of palmaris brevis |
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Definition
| tenses skin on the ulnar side of the palm |
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Term
| action of abductor digiti minimi |
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Definition
1.abducts the 5th digit
2.assists the 5th digit
3.may assist in extenson of 5th digit |
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Term
| action of flexor digiti minimi |
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Definition
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Term
| action of opponens digiti minimi |
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Definition
1.opaposes 5th digit with the thumb
2.assists to cup the palm |
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Term
| action of palmar interossei |
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Definition
1.adducts fingers
2.flexes fingers (at MCP joint while IPs are extended) |
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Term
| action of dorsal interossei |
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Definition
1.abducts fingers
2.flexes fingers (at MCP joint while IPs are extended) |
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Term
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Definition
1.flexes fingers (MCP joints)
2.extends IPs |
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