1. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Forearm and Hand Kinesiology Flash Cards

2. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Directions The first slide asks a question. The second slide answers the question. Use these slides like flash cards to test your core knowledge.

3. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is the prime mover of flexion of the forearm at the humeroulnar joint?

4. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Brachialis

5. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What actions are made possible at the radioulnar joints? A.Abduction & adduction B.Supination & pronation C.Flexion & extension D.Opposition & reposition

6. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer A.Abduction & adduction B.Supination & pronation C.Flexion & extension D.Opposition & reposition

7. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What muscle can supinate the forearm as it flexes the forearm at the elbow? A.Brachioradialis B.Brachialis C.Biceps brachii

8. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer A.Brachioradialis B.Brachialis C.Biceps brachii

9. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is the common origin of wrist flexor muscles?

10. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The medial epicondyle of the humerus.

11. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is the common origin of the wrist extensor muscles?

12. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The lateral epicondyle of the humerus.

13. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What bony landmark is most often described as “the elbow”?

14. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The olecranon process

15. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is the anterior portion of the olecranon process called?

16. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The trochlear notch

17. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Do wrist extensors lie on the anterior or posterior portion of the forearm? What about wrist flexors?

18. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Wrist extensors lie on the posterior forearm. Wrist flexors lie on the anterior forearm.

19. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question How many carpal bones are there?

20. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer There are eight carpal bones in each hand.

21. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Which one of the eight carpals is a sesamoid bone?

22. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The pisiform bone, which is the bump at the proximal, medial, and anterior part of your wrist.

23. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question The pisiform bone is part of what muscle’s tendon?

24. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The flexor carpi ulnaris

25. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What are the names of the eight carpals?

26. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The proximal row: Scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform The distal row: Trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate Mnemonic device for carpal bones: Sally Likes To Play. Try To Catch Her.

27. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question How many bones are found in the hand?

28. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer 27 –8 carpals –5 metacarpals –14 phalanges (3 in each finger, but the thumbs only have 2)

29. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What finger is considered the first finger? What finger is the fifth finger?

30. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The thumb is the first finger The pinky is the fifth finger