anatomy muscloskeletal 4

Anatomy: Musculoskeletal 4

Aim

Become familiar with the anatomy of the forearm and hand.

Outcomes

1. Locate the carpal bones.

2. Locate the position of the flexor retinaculum and its bony attachments.

3. Identify the nature and contents of the carpal tunnel

4. Identify the muscles that move the thumb and the arrangement of the flexor tendons for a typical finger.

5. Identify the muscle groups involved in flexion at the wrist and fingers and list the segmental spinal nerve roots responsible for each movement

6. Locate the course of the median nerve and palmar arterial arches in the forearm/hand.

7. Locate the tendons, nerves and pulses on the volar aspect of the wrist.

8. Identify the muscle groups involved in extension of the wrist and fingers.

9. Demonstrate and test extension at the wrist, and list the spinal segmental root values involved in these movements.

10. Identify the boundaries and contents of the "anatomical snuff box".

11. Demonstrate the movements of the thumb and fingers.

12. Demonstrate the territories of cutaneous sensation in the ha