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  2. Muscles of the hand - Wikipedia

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    Extensor compartments of wrist (back of hand) The fingers have two long flexors, located on the underside of the forearm. They insert by tendons to the phalanges of the fingers. The deep flexor attaches to the distal phalanx, and the superficial flexor attaches to the middle phalanx. The flexors allow for the actual bending of the fingers.

  3. Annular ligaments of fingers - Wikipedia

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    In human anatomy, the annular ligaments of the fingers, often referred to as A pulleys, are the annular part of the fibrous sheathes of the fingers.Four or five such annular pulleys, together with three cruciate pulleys, form a fibro-osseous tunnel on the palmar aspect of the hand through which passes the deep and superficial flexor tendons.

  4. Flexor digitorum profundus muscle - Wikipedia

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    Flexor digitorum profundus lies deep to the superficialis, but it attaches more distally. Therefore, profundus's tendons go through the tendons of superficialis, and end up attaching to the distal phalanx. For this reason profundus is also called the perforating muscle. [2] The lumbricals of the hand arise from the radial side of its tendons. [2]

  5. Interphalangeal joints of the hand - Wikipedia

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    Joints of the hand, X-ray Interphalangeal ligaments and phalanges. Right hand. Deep dissection. Posterior (dorsal) view. The PIP joint exhibits great lateral stability. Its transverse diameter is greater than its antero-posterior diameter and its thick collateral ligaments are tight in all positions during flexion, contrary to those in the metacarpophalangeal joint.

  6. Common flexor sheath of hand - Wikipedia

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    It contains tendons of the flexor digitorum superficialis and the flexor digitorum profundus, but not the flexor pollicis longus. [ 2 ] The sheath which surrounds the flexor digitorum extends downward about halfway along the metacarpal bones , where it ends in blind diverticula around the tendons to the index , middle , and ring fingers .

  7. Flexor retinaculum of the hand - Wikipedia

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    In carpal tunnel syndrome, one of the tendons or tissues in the carpal tunnel is inflamed, swollen, or fibrotic and puts pressure on the other structures in the tunnel, including the median nerve. Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most commonly reported nerve entrapment syndrome. [2] It is often associated with repetitive motions of the wrist and ...

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  9. Dorsal interossei of the hand - Wikipedia

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    Each finger is provided with two interossei (palmar or dorsal), with the exception of the little finger, in which the abductor digiti minimi muscle takes the place of one of the dorsal interossei. [2] The first dorsal interosseous muscle is larger than the others. Between its two heads, the radial artery passes from the back of the hand into ...