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The thumb is the first digit of the hand, next to the index finger. When a person is standing in the medical anatomical position (where the palm is facing...
interossei of the hand Palmar interossei of thumbExtensor pollicis brevis (proximal phalange) Extensor pollicis longus (distal phalange) of thigh/femur...
thumb. The fourth compartment is the largest of all. It is occupied by the extensors of the digits, the extensor digitorum communis and the extensor indicis...
mechanism. The primary function of the extensors is to straighten out the digits. The thumb has two extensors in the forearm; the tendons of these form...
mechanism. The primary function of the extensors is to straighten out the digits. The thumb has two extensors in the forearm; the tendons of these form...
as extending the distal phalanx of the thumb. Because the index finger and little finger have separate extensors, these fingers can be moved more independently...
mechanism. The primary function of the extensors is to straighten out the digits. The thumb has two extensors in the forearm; the tendons of these form...
control movement of the thumb become constricted by their tendon sheath in the wrist. This results in pain and tenderness on the thumb side of the wrist. Radial...
forces including those of the brachioradialis, pronator quadratus, and thumbextensors, as well as the weight of the hand. The deforming muscular and soft-tissue...
The muscles of the thumb are nine skeletal muscles located in the hand and forearm. The muscles allow for flexion, extension, adduction, abduction and...
between the palm and the front of the forearm). The muscle, like all extensors of the forearm, can be strengthened by exercise that resist its extension...
flex) the wrist and the digits (fingers and thumb). The extensor tendons are held in place by the extensor retinaculum. As the tendons travel over the...
trapezium radial base of proximal phalanx of thumb and thumbextensors superficial palmar arch median nerve abducts thumb adductor pollicis 2 1 adductor pollicis...
Toe flexors are innervated by the tibial nerve. Toe extensors (extensor hallucis longus, extensor digitorum longus) are innervated by the deep peroneal...
radial wrist extensors are transferred to the extensor carpi ulnaris tendon, to help stabilize the wrist in straight position. If the thumb or its carpometacarpal...
origin of which it partly covers and acts to stretch the thumb together with this muscle. The extensor pollicis longus arises from the dorsal surface of the...
inserted into the base of the first phalanx of the thumb. Absence; fusion of tendon with that of the extensor pollicis longus or abductor pollicis longus muscle...
Triphalangeal thumb (TPT) is a congenital malformation where the thumb has three phalanges instead of two. The extra phalangeal bone can vary in size from...
Nintendo thumb, also known as gamer's thumb and similar names, is a form of repetitive strain injury (RSI) caused by excessive playing of video games with...
the palm of the hand. There are two sets in each finger (except in the thumb, which has only one joint): "proximal interphalangeal joints" (PIJ or PIP)...
superficialis Flexor digitorum profundus Two extrinsic extensors: Extensor digiti minimi muscle Extensor digitorum Two intrinsic hand muscles: Fourth lumbrical...
by the now unopposed action of the long finger extensors (namely the extensor digitorum and the extensor digiti minimi). The lumbricals and interossei...
and FPB of the ablated radial thumb are attached to the distal phalanx for more stability. If necessary, the extensor pollicis longus and the flexor...
extension = posterior interosseous nerve lesion Weakness of triceps, finger extensors and flexors = c7,8 lesion General weakness of upper limb marked in deltoid...
of muscles in the forearm are divided into the wrist, hand, and finger extensors on the dorsal side (back of hand) and the ditto flexors in the superficial...
abduction mainly by the abductor pollicis longus and brevis, assisted by the extensors. Range of motion for the first CMC is 53° of flexion/extension, 42° of...
but also your forearm strength. As finger flexor/extensors serve a function as wrist flexor/extensors, doing wrist extension exercises (sometimes called...
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