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Tendons

Tendon anatomy reference, attachments, sheaths, tendinopathies, rupture patterns, and rehabilitation notes.

56 tendons

56 tendons in Hand & Wrist Clear ×

Tendon Abductor Pollicis Longus Tendon tendo musculi abductoris pollicis longi Hand & Wrist The APL tendon passes through the first extensor compartment with the EPB, inserting on the first… Tendon Abductor Pollicis Longus Tendon tendo musculi abductoris pollicis longi Hand & Wrist The APL tendon runs through the first extensor compartment with the EPB, and multiple slips of… Tendon Abductor Pollicis Longus Tendon (Full) tendo musculi abductoris pollicis longi Hand & Wrist The APL is the most anterior wrist tendon, forming the radial border of the anatomical snuffbox… Tendon Annular Pulleys (A2 and A4) vaginae fibrosae digitorum (anuli A2 et A4) Hand & Wrist The five annular (A1-A5) and three cruciate pulleys of each finger form the fibro-osseous flexor tendon… Tendon Central Slip of the Extensor Mechanism fasciculus centralis tendinis extensoris digitorum Hand & Wrist The central slip is the continuation of the EDC tendon that inserts on the dorsal base… Tendon De Quervain Tendons (APL and EPB) tendines musculi abductoris pollicis longi et extensoris pollicis brevis Hand & Wrist De Quervain tenosynovitis involves the tendons of the APL and EPB within the first extensor compartment… Tendon Digital Flexor Pulleys — A2 and A4 vaginae fibrosae digitorum (vincula A2 et A4) Hand & Wrist The A2 and A4 pulleys are biomechanically critical — loss of either produces measurable bowstringing and… Tendon Dorsal Carpal Ligaments (Tendons) tendines extensorii carpi Hand & Wrist The six extensor compartments at the dorsal wrist contain: (1) APL and EPB, (2) ECRL and… Tendon Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis Tendon (Wrist) tendo musculi extensoris carpi radialis brevis Hand & Wrist The ECRB passes through the second extensor compartment alongside the ECRL and inserts centrally on the… Tendon Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus Tendon tendo musculi extensoris carpi radialis longi Hand & Wrist The ECRL inserts on the second metacarpal base dorsal surface, making it a wrist extensor and… Tendon Extensor Carpi Ulnaris Tendon (Full) tendo musculi extensoris carpi ulnaris Hand & Wrist The ECU occupies the sixth extensor compartment, the most medial compartment, in a groove between the… Tendon Extensor Carpi Ulnaris Tendon (Wrist) tendo musculi extensoris carpi ulnaris Hand & Wrist The ECU tendon runs in its own fibro-osseous groove on the dorsal distal ulna within the… Tendon Extensor Carpi Ulnaris Tendon Sheath vagina tendinis musculi extensoris carpi ulnaris Hand & Wrist The ECU tendon sheath and its subsheath within the sixth extensor compartment constrains the ECU tendon… Tendon Extensor Digiti Minimi Tendon tendo musculi extensoris digiti minimi Hand & Wrist The EDM tendon in the fifth extensor compartment provides independent little finger extension (like the EI… Tendon Extensor Digitorum Communis Tendons (Individual) tendines musculi extensoris digitorum communis Hand & Wrist The EDC tendons share a muscle belly for the middle, ring, and little fingers, with interconnections… Tendon Extensor Digitorum Tendon (Hand) tendines musculi extensoris digitorum Hand & Wrist The four extensor digitorum tendons pass through the fourth extensor compartment at the wrist under the… Tendon Extensor Hood aponeurosis extensoria digitorum Hand & Wrist The extensor hood is the complex fibrous expansion over the dorsum of each finger that integrates… Tendon Extensor Hood (Digital) expansio extensoris digitorum Hand & Wrist The extensor hood (dorsal aponeurosis) is the complex fibrous expansion at each finger that integrates the… Tendon Extensor Indicis Proprius Tendon tendo musculi extensoris indicis proprii Hand & Wrist The EIP provides independent index finger extension (allowing the index finger to point while the other… Tendon Extensor Indicis Proprius Tendon (Hand) tendo musculi extensoris indicis proprii Hand & Wrist The EIP tendon runs alongside the EDC in the fourth compartment and inserts ulnar to the… Tendon Extensor Indicis Tendon tendo musculi extensoris indicis Hand & Wrist The extensor indicis proprius tendon runs ulnar to the EDC index finger tendon in the fourth… Tendon Extensor Pollicis Brevis Tendon tendo musculi extensoris pollicis brevis Hand & Wrist The EPB tendon shares the first extensor compartment with the APL and is involved in de… Tendon Extensor Pollicis Brevis Tendon tendo musculi extensoris pollicis brevis Hand & Wrist The EPB occupies the first extensor compartment alongside the APL at the radial wrist, forming the… Tendon Extensor Pollicis Brevis Tendon (Full) tendo musculi extensoris pollicis brevis Hand & Wrist The EPB tendon runs through the first extensor compartment alongside APL, inserting on the thumb proximal…