Anterior forearm curriculum
Appreciation of a common origin from the medial humeral epicondyle
Actions & innervation of:
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Pronator teres
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Flexor carpi radialis
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Palmaris longus
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Flexor carpi ulnaris
- Flexor digitorum profundus
- Flexor pollicis longus
- Pronator quadratus
Detail in relation to attachments and relations is NOT required but the surface topography in relation to injuries at any given point should be appreciated in order to predict possible muscular damage and functional disability
Appreciation of the division of the brachial artery halfway through this region
- Radial artery: surface marking
- Ulnar artery: surface marking and as source of common interosseous artery
- Wrist anastomosis
- Derivation and location of the anterior and posterior carpal arches and their territory of supply
Vessels of the compartment
Appreciation of the fact that venae comitantes accompany the main arteries
The cephalic, basilic and median forearm veins as the main superficial veins and broad knowledge of their location
Nerves of the flexor compartment
Lateral and medial cutaneous nerves of forearm: supply territories
Median nerve: Branches given off in this compartment and structures supplied. Its surface marking and the clinical implications of its division
Ulnar nerve: Structures supplied in this compartment.
Surface marking
Appreciation that the proximal (see Elbow above) and distal radioulnar joints allow rotational movement of these two bones
Movement: muscles exerting and allowing flexion, extension and rotation (see also individual muscle names)