Forearm and Hand Kinesiology Flash Cards Associated Bodywork
Forearm and Hand Kinesiology Flash Cards Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Directions • The first slide asks a question. • The second slide answers the question. • Use these slides like flash cards to test your core knowledge. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Question What is the prime mover of flexion of the forearm at the humeroulnar joint? Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Answer Brachialis Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Question • What actions are made possible at the radioulnar joints? A. B. C. D. Abduction & adduction Supination & pronation Flexion & extension Opposition & reposition Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Answer A. Abduction & adduction B. Supination & pronation C. Flexion & extension D. Opposition & reposition Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Question What muscle can supinate the forearm as it flexes the forearm at the elbow? A. Brachioradialis B. Brachialis C. Biceps brachii Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Answer A. Brachioradialis B. Brachialis C. Biceps brachii Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Question • What is the common origin of wrist flexor muscles? Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Answer • The medial epicondyle of the humerus. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Question • What is the common origin of the wrist extensor muscles? Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Answer • The lateral epicondyle of the humerus. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Question • What bony landmark is most often described as “the elbow”? Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Answer The olecranon process Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Question • What is the anterior portion of the olecranon process called? Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Answer • The trochlear notch Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Question • Do wrist extensors lie on the anterior or posterior portion of the forearm? • What about wrist flexors? Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Answer • Wrist extensors lie on the posterior forearm. • Wrist flexors lie on the anterior forearm. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Question • How many carpal bones are there? Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Answer • There are eight carpal bones in each hand. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Question • Which one of the eight carpals is a sesamoid bone? Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Answer • The pisiform bone, which is the bump at the proximal, medial, and anterior part of your wrist. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Question • The pisiform bone is part of what muscle’s tendon? Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Answer • The flexor carpi ulnaris Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Question • What are the names of the eight carpals? Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Answer • The proximal row: • Scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform • The distal row: • Trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate Mnemonic device for carpal bones: Sally Likes To Play. Try To Catch Her. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Question • How many bones are found in the hand? Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Answer • 27 – 8 carpals – 5 metacarpals – 14 phalanges (3 in each finger, but the thumbs only have 2) Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Question • What finger is considered the first finger? • What finger is the fifth finger? Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
Answer • The thumb is the first finger • The pinky is the fifth finger Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
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