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Sections of forearm and hand

Transverse section of right wrist

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Sections of forearm and hand
Transverse section of right wrist
  1. Palmaris longus muscle (insertion into partial aponeurosis)
  2. Transverse carpal ligament
  3. Deep anterior branch ulnar artery
  4. Palmaris brevis muscle
  5. Hamulus of hamate bone
  6. Pisometacarpal ligament
  7. Abductor digiti minimi muscle
  8. Metacarpal V
  9. Extensor carpi ulnaris muscle (tendon of insertion)
  10. Flexor digitorum profundus muscle (tendons in carpal canal invested by synovial sheath)
  11. Capitate bone
  12. Common extensor digitorum muscle (tendons)
  13. Flexor digitorum superficialis (tendons in carpal canal invested by synovial sheath)
  14. Left pointer: Median nerve Right pointer: Flexor pollicis longus muscle (tendon in carpal canal invested by synovial sheath)
  15. Opponens pollicis muscle
  16. Abductor pollicis brevis muscle
  17. Metacarpal I
  18. Extensor pollicis brevis muscle (tendon)
  19. Trapezium bone
  20. Extensor pollicis longus muscle (tendon)
  21. Flexor carpi radialis muscle (tendon of insertion)
  22. Extensor carpi radialis longus muscle (tendon of insertion)
  23. Trapezoid bone
  24. Metacarpal II
  25. Extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle (tendon of insertion)
  26. Metacarpal III