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28 lis 2023 · Extending from the wrist to the elbow joint is the region of the upper extremity called the forearm (antebrachium). The forearm helps the shoulder and the arm in force application and the precise placement of the hand in space, with the help of the elbow and radioulnar joints.
Extensor digiti minimi (EDM) tendon. The EDM straightens the small finger. It works with the extensor digitorum communis to the small finger. The muscle belly is in the forearm. The tendon travels through a tough band or retinaculum at the wrist and then into the hand.
9 mar 2024 · The extensor expansion (extensor hood) of the hand is a specialised connective tissue structure by which the extensor tendons insert onto the phalanges. It is a complex structure which acts to balance the forces from a large number of muscles that act on the digits.
3 lis 2023 · At the approximately distal third of the forearm, the muscle belly ends in four tendons that enter the dorsum of the hand, passing deep to extensor retinaculum. In the hand, the tendons diverge towards the medial four fingers.
22 sie 2016 · Four muscles attach into the common extensor tendon: (1) extensor carpi radialis brevis, (2) extensor digitorum, (3) extensor digiti minimi, and (4) extensor carpi ulnaris. Muscles that move the fingers are often divided into extrinsic and intrinsic hand/finger muscles.
2 lis 2023 · The orientation of the bones forming the elbow joint produces a hinge type synovial joint, which allows for extension and flexion of the forearm: Extension – triceps brachii and anconeus Flexion – brachialis, biceps brachii, brachioradialis
Extensor Tendon Conditions De Quervain's Tenosynovitis Intersection Syndrome
