deep forearm flexors

    Cards (2)

    • Flexor Digitorum Profundus:
      O: Upper 3/4 anterior and medial aspects shaft of ulna
      Middle 1/2 interosseus membrane
      Medial coronoid process of ulna
      R: Distally
      I: Palmar surface of base of distal phalanges of four medial fingers
      A: Flexion of all the joints it crosses (DIP, PIP, MCP and wrist joints)
      NS: Lateral half: Median nerve (C5,6,7,8,T1)
      Medial half: Ulnar nerve ((C7),8,T1)
    • Flexor Pollicis Longus:
      O: Anterior surface of radius (inferior to anterior oblique line and superior to pronator quadratus)
      Adjacent interosseus membrane
      R: Distally
      I: Palmar surface of base of distal phalanx of thumb
      A: Flexion of all the joints it crosses (IP, MCP and wrist joints)
      NS: Median Nerve (C5,6,7,8,T1)
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