Intrinsic muscles of the hand (mnemonic)
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Useful mnemonics to recall theintrinsic muscles of the hand and some of their features include:
- All For One And One For All
- PAd DAb
- FOAL
Mnemonics
All For One And One For All
This mnemonic recalls the intrinsic muscles of the hand in their relative palmar anatomical position from lateral to medial:
- A: abductor pollicis brevis
- F: flexor pollicis brevis
- O: opponens pollicis
- A: adductor pollicis
- O: opponens digiti minimi
- F: flexor digiti minimi
- A: abductor digiti minimi
PAd DAb
This mnemonic recalls the function of the palmar and dorsal interossei:
- P: palmar interossei
- Ad: adduction
- D: dorsal interossei
- Ab: abduction
FOAL
This mnemonic recalls the four intrinsic muscles of the hand innervated by the median nerve, whereas all the other intrinsic muscles are ulnar nerve:
- F: flexor pollicis brevis
- O: opponens pollicis
- A: abductor pollicis brevis
- L: lateral two lumbricals
-<strong>P: </strong><a href="/articles/palmar-interossei">palmar interossei</a>- +<strong>P: </strong><a title="Palmar interossei muscles (hand)" href="/articles/palmar-interossei-muscles-hand">palmar interossei</a>
-<strong>D: </strong><a title="dorsal interossei (hand)" href="/articles/dorsal-interossei-hand">dorsal interossei</a>- +<strong>D: </strong><a title="Dorsal Interossei muscles (hand)" href="/articles/dorsal-interossei-muscles-hand">dorsal interossei</a>
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