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Forearm muscles
Anterior, posterior, and lateral forearm compartments and the boundaries of the anatomical snuffbox.
- 70 explained questions
- 45 flashcards
- 121 estimated course minutes
Updated
What you will learn
- Organize the forearm muscles by compartment and layer.
- Relate each muscle to its origins, insertion, and actions.
- Distinguish the motor territories of the median, ulnar, and radial nerves.
- Define the anatomical snuffbox and identify its floor and contents.
Course outline
Three groups within one forearm
Topographic landmarks that organize twenty muscles into anterior, posterior, and lateral groups.
10 min
Superficial anterior layer
Origins, insertions, actions, and innervation of the four superficial flexor-pronator muscles.
18 min
Flexor digitorum superficialis
Structure, tendon course, and role of the sole muscle in the intermediate anterior layer.
13 min
Deep anterior layer
Two digital flexors and pronator quadratus, including the median-ulnar division of flexor digitorum profundus.
18 min
Superficial posterior layer
Four radial-nerve muscles that extend the forearm, wrist, or digits.
17 min
Deep posterior layer
Three thumb muscles and extensor indicis, all supplied by the radial nerve.
17 min
Lateral group
Brachioradialis, the radial wrist extensors, and supinator with their specific attachments and actions.
17 min
Anatomical snuffbox
A triangular wrist depression with two tendinous borders, a bony floor, and three contents.
11 min
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