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Mnemonic For Forearm Muscles and Bone
Mnemonic For Forearm Muscles and Bone
There are a lot of structures in your upper limb (note that in medical term; arm, forearm
and hand means differently from the common usage).
I would like to introduce you on how I remember the names of important muscles and
bones in the upper limb. There are various mnemonics created by medical students
around the world to master the field of anatomy.
Carpal bones.
I used this mnemonic;
Nerve:
All extensor muscles of forearm are supplied by radial nerve. Injury to radial nerve
caused the classical wrist drop due to unopposed flexor muscles :)
Your thumb will be below the palm and four fingers will be pointing towards the hand.
This represents the layers in flexor muscles in the forearm.
Say PFPF. The first P in your index finger is Pronator Teres. F is for flexor carpi
radialis (the middle finger point towards radial bone, hence radialis). The next P is for
palmaris longus and F is for flexor carpi ulnaris.
There are 3 layers in the flexor compartment. The muscles in the deep layer are flexor
digitorum profundus (FDP), flexor pollicis longus and pronator quadratus.
Nerve:
All flexor muscles of forearm are supplied by median nerve except one and half. They are
flexor carpi ulnaris and half of flexor digitorum profundus.
Abductor digiti minimi, Flexor digiti minimi, Opponens digiti minimi, Adductor pollicis,
Opponens Pollicis, Flexor Pollicis Brevis, Abductor pollicis brevis
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<!--[endif]-->All intrinsic muscles of the hand are innervated by ulnar nerve except these
muscles which are innervated by the median nerve
LOAF muscles
Lateral 2 lumbricals, Opponens pollicis, Abductor pollicis brevis, Flexor pollicis brevis