Forearm and Hand Muscle Palpations

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Forearm (Extrinsic) muscles

• Flexor Carpi Radialis
• Flexor Carpi Ulnaris
• Palmaris Longus
• Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus and Brevis
• Extensor Carpi Ulnaris
• Extensor Digitorum
• Extensor Indicis
• Extensor Digiti Minimi
• Flexor Digitorum Superficialis
• Flexor Digitorum Profundus
• Abductor Pollicis Longus
• Extensor Pollicis Longus and Brevis

 

Hand (Intrinsic) muscles

Thenar eminence muscles

• Abductor Pollicis Brevis, Flexor Pollicis Brevis and Opponens Pollicis

Hypothenar eminence muscles

• Abductor Digiti Minimi, Flexor Digiti Minimi and Opponens Minimi

Central muscles within the palm

• Lumbricals
• Palmar Interossei
• Dorsal Interossei

 

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