HAND AND WRIST

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SUMMARY

1. The hand includes the wrist

2. 4 layers: (1) palmar aponeurosis; (2) thenar eminence, hypothenar eminence, long flexors of the hand; (3) thumb adductor; (4) interossi attached to metacarpals

3. Long flexors ⟹ power grip

4. Small muscles ⟹ fine, skilled movements

IMG 4345.GIF

Image: Gray, Henry. Anatomy of the Human Body. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1918; Bartleby.com, 2000. www.bartleby.com/107/ [Accessed 19 Nov. 2018].


Reference(s)

R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.