Body Region: Forearm

  • April 28, 2026
    The ECU is the ulnar wrist extensor, producing wrist extension combined with ulnar deviation. Its tendon runs in the sixth…
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    The extensor digitorum communis is the primary finger extensor, running through the fourth extensor compartment to the extensor expansions of…
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    The APL is one of the two tendons in the first extensor compartment (with EPB) whose tenosynovitis produces de Quervain…
  • April 28, 2026
    The radial recurrent artery is a small but clinically important branch of the radial artery that ascends to the lateral…
  • April 28, 2026
    The radial artery is the preferred site for arterial pulse palpation and arterial cannulation in the wrist, where it lies…
  • April 28, 2026
    The ulnar artery is typically the larger of the two forearm arteries and forms the superficial palmar arch that supplies…
  • April 28, 2026
    The extensor carpi radialis brevis tendon arises from the common extensor origin on the lateral epicondyle and passes through the…
  • April 28, 2026
    Descending the anterior arm through pronator teres and the carpal tunnel to supply thenar muscles and the lateral 3.5 digits…
  • April 28, 2026
    The posterior interosseous nerve is the deep, predominantly motor branch of the radial nerve after it divides at the lateral…
  • April 28, 2026
    The anterior interosseous nerve is the deep motor branch of the median nerve, supplying only three muscles and having no…

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