Wrist Strength
Average flexion strength for a female adolescent
3.5 Nm
What flexes hands and fingers
flexors
Bones of the Fingers
Phalanges
away from the midline of the body
what is lateral?
Toward the midline of the body
What is medial?
Average flexion strength of a male adolescent
3.1 Nm
Name an extensor muscel
Carpi ulnaris, carpi radialis, and extensor digitorum
Bones between the wrist and fingers
Metacarpals
front of the body
what is anterior?
Palm rotating to face anteriorly
Average flexion strength of female adult
8.2 Nm
Brachioradialis is located in the
Forearm
Bones of the Wrist
Carpals
rear of the body
what is posterior?
Palm rotated to face posteriorly
What is pronation?
Average flexion strength of adult males
14.3 Nm
What border is pronator teres
Medial border
Medial Forearm Bone
Radius
near the point of attachment to the body or center of the body
what is proximal?
Movement that increases the angle between two bones of a joint
What is extension?
What is the average extension strength from a male adult and an adolescent male?
Adult: 11.9 Nm
Adolescent:1.9 Nm
The lateral border of the forearm
Brachioradialis
Lateral forearm bone
Ulna
far from the point of attachment or center of the body
what is distal?
Movement that decreases the angle between two bones of a joint!