Body Region: Hand & Wrist

  • April 28, 2026
    The lunate is a crescent-shaped carpal bone in the central proximal row that is the most commonly dislocated carpal bone,…
  • April 28, 2026
    The flexor pollicis brevis has the unusual distinction of dual innervation, with the superficial head supplied by the median nerve…
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    The opponens digiti minimi is the deepest hypothenar muscle, inserting along the entire fifth metacarpal shaft and rotating it medially…
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    The palmaris brevis is a small, thin subcutaneous muscle at the medial palm that inserts directly into the overlying skin…
  • April 28, 2026
    The abductor pollicis brevis is the most superficial thenar muscle, forming the rounded prominence of the lateral thenar eminence and…
  • April 28, 2026
    The opponens pollicis is the deepest thenar muscle and the one most responsible for the medial rotation component of thumb…
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    The abductor digiti minimi is the most medial hypothenar muscle, forming the visible ulnar border of the hand and abducting…
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    The flexor digiti minimi brevis is the central hypothenar muscle, flexing the little finger at the MCP joint and assisting…
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    The four dorsal interossei are bipennate muscles filling the four metacarpal spaces on the dorsal hand, producing finger abduction (spreading…
  • April 28, 2026
    The three palmar interossei are unipennate muscles adducting the index, ring, and little fingers toward the middle finger (there is…

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