Body Region: Forearm

  • May 6, 2026
    The ECRB is the most clinically important of the wrist extensors — it produces pure wrist extension without radial or…
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    FPL is the only flexor of the thumb interphalangeal joint. Its AIN innervation makes it the muscle most commonly tested…
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    The FCR runs in its own compartment at the wrist — a fibro-osseous tunnel between the scaphoid and trapezium. This…
  • May 6, 2026
    FDP is the only flexor of the DIP joint and is uniquely innervated by two different nerves — the AIN…
  • May 6, 2026
    EPL is the only extensor of the thumb IP joint and forms the medial border of the anatomical snuffbox. Its…
  • May 6, 2026
    The supinator wraps around the proximal radius and the posterior interosseous nerve pierces through it under the Arcade of Frohse…
  • May 6, 2026
    ECU runs in its own sixth extensor compartment and plays a critical role in DRUJ stability by providing dorsal support.…
  • May 6, 2026
    ECRL has the most proximal radial nerve supply of any forearm extensor, arising directly from the radial nerve before it…
  • May 6, 2026
    The humeral head is the large component arising from the medial epicondyle. The median nerve passes between the humeral and…
  • May 6, 2026
    The ulnar head arises from the coronoid and forms the deep boundary of the inter-head interval through which the median…

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