Muscles In The Anterior Compartment Of The Forearm

Muscles In The Anterior Compartment Of The Forearm

Question 1. Give the origin and insertion of deep muscles on the front of the forearm in a tabular form.
Answer.

Question 2. Enumerate the structures on the front of the wrist.
Answer.

• anterior compartment forearm muscles

From the lateral to medial side, these are

• Radial artery
• Tendon of flexor carpi radialis (FCR)
• Median nerve
• Tendon of palmaris longus
• Tendon of flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS)
• Ulnar artery
• Ulnar nerve
• Tendon of flexor carpi ulnaris

• anterior compartment forearm muscles