Upper Limb — Flashcards

Flashcard 71: Which zone of the flexor tendons of hands contains the tendons of FDP only?_____

Answer: Zone 1

Flashcard 72: The **upper triangular space** contains the _____ artery.

Answer: Circumflex scapular

Flashcard 73: The _____ passes through the opening in the interosseous membrane.

Answer: anterior interosseous artery

Flashcard 74: Upper lateral cutaneous nerve of the arm is a branch of the _____ nerve

Answer: axillary

Flashcard 75: _____ bursa continues proximally extending into forearm 2.5cm proximal to flexor retinaculum

Answer: Ulnar and radial

Flashcard 76: Which zone of the flexor tendons of hands lies within the carpal tunnel?_____

Answer: Zone 4

Flashcard 77: Which thenar muscle is inserted into the shaft of the 1st metacarpal?_____

Answer: Opponens pollicis

Flashcard 78: Which nerve runs between the flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS) and flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) muscles?

Answer: Median nerve

Extra: The median nerve enters the forearm by passing between the two heads of the pronator teres. It then travels down the forearm in the fascial plane between the **flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS)** and **flexor digitorum profundus (FDP)**.

Flashcard 79: Which tendon is also known as forgotten tendon of the rotator cuff?_____

Answer: Subscapularis

Flashcard 80: An infection in the Midpalmar space can spread to the _____ bursa

Answer: ulnar