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Mar 13 2008, 6:55 AM EDT
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Mar 13 2008, 6:17 AM EDT
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Mar 12 2008, 2:45 PM EDT
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Change: SurfaceSurface: The posterior surface of the hand is often referred to as the dorsal surface. On the radial side of the wrist just below the snuff box the dorsal tubercle can be felt. The tubercle serves as a trochlea or pulley for the extensor pollicis longus tendon. On
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Mar 12 2008, 2:44 PM EDT
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Change: to be performed - Adduction, Abduction, Flexion and Extension shown in the images to the left. When using a combination of these movements the wrist is said to undergo circumduction (circular movement). Adduction is when the wrist is deviated towards the ulna.Abduction is when
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Mar 12 2008, 2:39 PM EDT
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Change: Each of the phalanges are palpable. There is three in each finger and as mentioned two in the thumb. Dorsal Surface The posterior surface of the hand is often referred to as the dorsal surface. On the radial side of the wrist just below the snuff box the dorsal tubercle
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Mar 12 2008, 2:34 PM EDT
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Mar 12 2008, 2:33 PM EDT
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Change: The fat that is located on the fingers and palm of the hand is more malleable and does not rebound after being compressed compared to fat located elsewhere on the body. Presumably because it is better suited to moulding around surfaces when picking up objects Dorsal Surface The
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Mar 12 2008, 2:25 PM EDT
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Change: On the ulna side of the wrist the ulna head can be palpated. It is extremely difficult to feel the ulna styloid.On the dorsal surface you can palpate all five metatarsals of the hand. You should be able to1) Feel each of the
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Mar 12 2008, 2:08 PM EDT
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Change: Each of the phalanges are able to be palpated. There is three in each finger and two in the thumb.At the end of each finger is a nail. Each fingernails is made of a tough protein called keratin
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Mar 12 2008, 2:01 PM EDT
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Change: is a nail. Each fingernails is made of a tough protein called keratin and are produced from living skin cells in the fingers. There is no nerve endings in the fingernails and serve to protect the ends of the fingers.Go Back to Surface Anatomy Home Page
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Mar 12 2008, 1:48 PM EDT
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Change: or circular movement. Adduction - a movement of the fingers closer to the sagittal plane.Abduction - a movement of the fingers away from the sagital plane.Flexion - when the joint angles of the fingers decrease.Extension - when the joint angles of the fingers increase. Anatomical Snuff Box:
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Mar 12 2008, 1:42 PM EDT
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Change: Aside from the genitals, the fingertips possess the highest concentration of touch receptors and thermoreceptors among all areas of the human skin, making them extremely
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Mar 12 2008, 1:39 PM EDT
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Change: BoxBox: The anatomical snuff box is a region the radiographer needs to become aquainted with. The floor of the snuffbox is primarily the scaphoid bone. This is a common fracture site when falling on an outstrectched
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Mar 12 2008, 1:37 PM EDT
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Change: - when the joint angles of the fingers decrease. Extension - when the joint angles of the fingers increase. Anatomical Snuff Box The anatomical snuff box is a region the radiographer needs to become aquainted with. The floor of the snuffbox is primarily the scaphoid bone. This
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Mar 12 2008, 1:35 PM EDT
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Change: - a movement of the fingers away from the sagital plane Anatomical Snuff Box The anatomical snuff box is a region the radiographer needs to become aquainted with. The floor of the snuffbox is primarily the scaphoid bone. This is a common fracture
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Mar 12 2008, 1:30 PM EDT
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Change: The fingers are able to undergo four types of movement - Adduction, Abduction, Flexion and pinkyExtension. Anatomical Snuff Box The anatomical snuff box is a region the radiographer needs to become aquainted with. The floor of the snuffbox is primarily the scaphoid bone. This is
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Mar 12 2008, 1:26 PM EDT
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Change: hand has five fingers or digits. Normally humans have five digits on each hand. Polydactyly is a typecondition ofwhere digit,there anis organmore ofthan manipulationfive digits and sensationhypodactyly foundis ina thecondition handswhere ofthere humansis less. and
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Mar 12 2008, 1:16 PM EDT
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Change: . Normally humans have five digits on each hand (exceptions are polydactyly, hypodactyly and digit loss). The first digit is the thumb, followed by index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger or pinky Anatomical Snuff Box The anatomical snuff
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