Distal Upper Extremity
Lab Summary
The forearm and hand are taught in this lab. While a proportion of these structures position hand into functional positions, most provide control of the hand. These distinctions are noted with most of this volume emphasizing the structures that comprise the unique facilities of the human hand.
Lab Objectives
- Describe thumb function, its muscles and innervation.
- Describe the carpal tunnel and its contents.
- Describe the relationship of the tendons of the digital flexors on the phalanges.
- Describe the functions of the interossei and lumbricals.
- Describe the extensor hood and its functions.
- Describe the positions of ulnar and radial arteries and median and ulnar nerves at the wrist.
- Describe the arterial arches of the hand and their function.
- Describe the location of the major arteries and nerves of digits.
- Describe wrist, MP and phalangeal joints.
Lecture List
Distal Upper Extremity, Parts I – V