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Forearm and Hand
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• The first slide asks a question.
• The second slide answers the question.
• Use these slides like flash cards to test
your core knowledge.
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Question
What is the prime mover of flexion of the
forearm at the humeroulnar joint?
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Answer
Brachialis
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Question
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What actions are made possible at the
radioulnar joints?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Abduction & adduction
Supination & pronation
Flexion & extension
Opposition & reposition
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Answer
A. Abduction & adduction
B. Supination & pronation
C. Flexion & extension
D. Opposition & reposition
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Question
What muscle can supinate the forearm as it
flexes the forearm at the elbow?
A. Brachioradialis
B. Brachialis
C. Biceps brachii
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Answer
A. Brachioradialis
B. Brachialis
C. Biceps brachii
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Question
• What is the common origin of wrist flexor
muscles?
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Answer
• The medial epicondyle of the humerus.
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Question
• What is the common origin of the wrist
extensor muscles?
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Answer
• The lateral epicondyle of the humerus.
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Question
• What bony landmark is most often
described as “the elbow”?
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Answer
The olecranon process
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Question
• What is the anterior portion of the
olecranon process called?
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Answer
• The trochlear notch
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Question
• Do wrist extensors lie on the anterior or
posterior portion of the forearm?
• What about wrist flexors?
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Answer
• Wrist extensors lie on the posterior
forearm.
• Wrist flexors lie on the anterior forearm.
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Question
• How many carpal bones are there?
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Answer
• There are eight carpal bones in each
hand.
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Question
• Which one of the eight carpals is a
sesamoid bone?
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Answer
• The pisiform bone, which is the bump at the
proximal, medial, and anterior part of your wrist.
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Question
• The pisiform bone is part of what muscle’s
tendon?
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Answer
• The flexor carpi ulnaris
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• What are the names of the eight carpals?
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Answer
• The proximal row:
• Scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform
• The distal row:
• Trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate
Mnemonic device for carpal bones:
Sally Likes To Play. Try To Catch Her.
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• How many bones are found in the hand?
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Answer
• 27
– 8 carpals
– 5 metacarpals
– 14 phalanges (3 in each finger, but the
thumbs only have 2)
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Question
• What finger is considered the first finger?
• What finger is the fifth finger?
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Answer
• The thumb is the first finger
• The pinky is the fifth finger
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