Palmar dissection of hand flexor tendons and intrinsic muscles

About this plate

Palmar dissection of hand flexor tendons and intrinsic muscles. Anterior view of the limb.

Region

limb

Structure

hand

View

anterior

System

muscle, bone, joint

Focus

flexor digitorum profundus tendons, flexor digitorum superficialis tendons, intrinsic palmar hand muscles, flexor retinaculum and carpal tunnel

Structures labelled on this plate

• Tendon of flexor dig. profundus
• Tendons of flexor dig. profundus
• Vaginal ligament ×
• Tendon of flexor dig. subl
• Tendons of flexoris dig. subl
• Tendon vincula
• Lumbrical muscles ×
• Inter- osseus dors. I
• Inter- osseus vol. I
• Abductor dig. V ×
• Abductor poll. br. ×
• Adductor pollicis
• Flexor pollicis brevis
• Interossei volares II III
• Flexor digit. V
• Opponens dig. V
• Opponens pollicis
• Abductor poll. br
• Transverse carpal ligament ×
• Carpal canal
• Pisi- form bone
• Tendon of flexor carpi radialis
• Tendon of flexor carpi ulnaris ×
• Capitulum of ulna
• Pronator quadratus

Source: After Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy (1906-1911). Public domain (Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy, 1906-1911), modernized rendering.