The role of the forearm movement is to?
Help the shoulder in controlling the force and placement of the hand in space.
To allow the free manipulation of the hand the bulk of the forearm musculature is located?
PROXIMALLY with long tendinous insertions on the distal bony structures.

From a functional perspective the forearm includes?
The distal humerus

The structures of the forearm are divided into?
Anterior and posterior compartment

Flexors and pronators are located in the _____ compartment supplied by the ____ nerve.
What are the structures that divide the compartments in the forearm?

An exception in the posterior compartment would be?
Brachioradialis is a forearm flexor located in the posterior compartment and supplied by the radial nerve.

______ is a forearm flexor located in the posterior compartment and supplied by the _____ nerve.

Extensors and ____ are located in the posterior compartment and all supplied by the _____ nerve.
Identify 1 and 2


Another name for flexor retinaculum
transverse carpal ligament
The tendons of most flexors pass across the anterior surfaced of the wrist and are held in place by what?

What are the 3 groups of flexor muscles?
What flexor (pronator) muscles are included in the superficial layer?
All flexors are attached by the _________ tendon to the ________ epicondyle
Pronator teres origin- superficial layer

What layer is pronator teres?
Superficial layer
Regarding pronator teres: where does the humeral head come from?
The medial supracondylar ridge - common flexor tendon

Regarding pronator teres: where does the ulnar head come from?
From the medial side of the coronoid process

How many heads does pronator teres have?
Two- humeral head and ulnar head

What is the insertion of pronator teres
midway on lateral surface of the radius

What is midway on the lateral surface of the radius?
Insertion of pronator teres

Innervation of pronator teres
median nerve

What nerve are all flexors innervated by?
Median nerve
