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    The flexor retinaculum is a fibrous band that bridges the carpal bones in the wrist, forming the carpal tunnel. It attaches medially to the pisiform and hook of hamate bones and laterally to the tubercle of the scaphoid and crest of the trapezium bones. The median nerve and tendons of the flexor digitorum profundus pass deep to the retinaculum. The thenar muscles that control thumb movement include the abductor pollicis brevis, flexor pollicis brevis, and opponens pollicis. The hypothenar muscles that control little finger movement are the palmaris brevis, abductor digit

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    The flexor retinaculum is a fibrous band that bridges the carpal bones in the wrist, forming the carpal tunnel. It attaches medially to the pisiform and hook of hamate bones and laterally to the tubercle of the scaphoid and crest of the trapezium bones. The median nerve and tendons of the flexor digitorum profundus pass deep to the retinaculum. The thenar muscles that control thumb movement include the abductor pollicis brevis, flexor pollicis brevis, and opponens pollicis. The hypothenar muscles that control little finger movement are the palmaris brevis, abductor digit

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    The flexor retinaculum is a fibrous band that bridges the carpal bones in the wrist, forming the carpal tunnel. It attaches medially to the pisiform and hook of hamate bones and laterally to the tubercle of the scaphoid and crest of the trapezium bones. The median nerve and tendons of the flexor digitorum profundus pass deep to the retinaculum. The thenar muscles that control thumb movement include the abductor pollicis brevis, flexor pollicis brevis, and opponens pollicis. The hypothenar muscles that control little finger movement are the palmaris brevis, abductor digit

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    The flexor retinaculum is a fibrous band that bridges the carpal bones in the wrist, forming the carpal tunnel. It attaches medially to the pisiform and hook of hamate bones and laterally to the tubercle of the scaphoid and crest of the trapezium bones. The median nerve and tendons of the flexor digitorum profundus pass deep to the retinaculum. The thenar muscles that control thumb movement include the abductor pollicis brevis, flexor pollicis brevis, and opponens pollicis. The hypothenar muscles that control little finger movement are the palmaris brevis, abductor digit

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    Flexor Retinaculum

     It’s a Fibrous band bridging the


    anterior concavity of the carpas,
    forming a tunnel called Carpal
    tunnel.
     Attachments
    Medial = Pisiform, Hook of Hamate
    Lateral = Tub. Of Scaphoid, Crest of
    Trapezium
    Flexor Retinaculum
    Relations of Flexor
    Retinaculum
     Superficial
    Tendon of palmaris longus, palmar
    cutaneous branches of median & ulnar
    nerves, ulnar nerve & ulnar vessels
     Deep
    Median nerve, tendons of flexor digitorum,
    flexor digitorum profundus, flexor pollicis
    longus, ulnar & radial bursa
    Carpal tunnel bones
    Tub. Of Scaphoid, Crest of
    Trapezium, Pisiform & Hook of
    Hamate.
    Carpal tunnel
    Thenar muscles
    The following three muscles are considered part of the
    thenar eminence:
     Abductor Pollicis Brevis abducts the thumb. This muscle
    is the most proximal of the thenar group.
     Flexor Pollicis Brevis, which lies next to the abductor,
    will flex the thumb, curling it up in the palm.
     Opponens Pollicis lies deep to abductor pollicis brevis. It
    opposes the thumb, bringing it against the fingers. This
    is a very important movement, as most of our dexterity
    comes from this action.
    Thenar muscles
     Abductor Pollicis Brevis
    Origin = Tub. Of Scaphoid, Crest of
    Trapezium, Flexor retinaculum
    Insertion = Lat. Side of base of
    proximal phalanx of the thumb
    Nerve supply = Median nerve
    (C8,T1)
    Action = Abduction of thumb
    Thenar muscles
     Flexor Pollicis Brevis
    O = Crest of Trapezium, Flexor
    retinaculum (Superficial head)
    Trapezoid & Capitate (Deep head)
    I = Lat. Side of base of proximal
    phalanx of the thumb
    N.S = Median nerve
    Act. = Flexion of thumb
    Thenar muscles
     Opponens Pollicis
    O = Crest of Trapezium, Flexor
    retinaculum
    I = Lat. Half of the palmar surface of
    the 1st metacarpal bone
    N.S = Median nerve (C8,T1)
    Act. = Opposition of thumb
    Hypothenar muscles
     Hypothenar refers to a group of 4
    muscles of the palm that control the
    motion of the little finger.
     The 4 muscles are:
    Palmaris Brevis, Abductor Digiti
    Minimi, Flexor Digiti Minimi,
    Opponens Digiti Minimi
    Hypothenar muscles
     Palmaris Brevis
    Origin = flexor retinaculum & palmar
    aponeurosis
    Insertion = Skin along medial border
    of the hand
    Nerve supply = Ulnar nerve (C8,T1)
    Action = Gripping
    Hypothenar muscles
     Abductor Digiti Minimi
    O = Pisiform, tendon of flexor carpi
    ulnaris, pisohamate ligament
    I = Ulnar side of base of proximal
    phalanx of little finger
    N.S = Ulnar nerve (C8,T1)
    Act. = Abduction of little finger
    Hypothenar muscles
     Flexor Digiti Minimi
    O = Hook of Hamate, Flexor
    retinaculum
    I = Ulnar side of base of proximal
    phalanx of little finger
    N.S = Ulnar nerve (C8,T1)
    Act. = Flexion of little finger
    Hypothenar muscles
     Opponens Digiti Minimi
    O = Hook of Hamate, Flexor
    retinaculum
    I = Medial surface of shaft of 5th
    metacarpal bone
    N.S = Ulnar nerve (C8,T1)
    Act. = Flexion lateral rotation of 5th
    metacarpal
    Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
     Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS), or
    median neuropathy at the wrist, is a
    medical condition in which the
    median nerve is compressed at the
    wrist, leading to paresthesias,
    numbness and muscle weakness in
    the hand.

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