Lumbrical


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Lum´bric`al


a.1.(Anat.) Resembling a worm; as, the lumbrical muscles of the hands of the hands and feet.
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In addition, there is a technique with recording from the second lumbrical and interosseous muscles with stimulation of median and ulnar nerves, respectively.
Lumbrical-interosseous recording technique versus routine electrodiagnostic methods in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome
There was weakness of the lumbrical muscles of all 4 fingers, as well as, of the abductor digiti minimi in his left hand.
Delayed diagnosis of neural signs of leprosy
In the hand, it innervates the thenar eminence and the first two lumbrical muscles.
Bloqueo axilar guiado por ultrasonido y neuroestimulador
Wide resection of the tumor was accompanied by disarticulation of the carpometacarpal (CMC) joint, osteotomy of the proximal second metacarpal bone, disarticulation of the second metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint, resection of the tendons and neurovascular bundles of the thumb and index finger, and resection of both the first dorsal interosseous and lumbrical muscles.
Metastatic Prostate Cancer of Hand
A mass or lump detected within the transverse carpal ligament should be examined with gliding of the fingers, as it may represent a proximal origin of the index lumbrical, or an anomalous muscle belly of the FDI to the indicis.
A study to analyze the prevalence of nervous anastomosis (Martin-Gruber) in medical students
The lateral collateral slips are thickened by the tendons of lumbrical and interosseous muscles and the medial collateral slips by tendons of the interosseous alone.
A variant extensor indicis muscle and the branching pattern of the deep radial nerve could explain hand functionality and clinical symptoms in the living patient
INTRODUCTION: The lumbrical muscle is so named because it resembles the shape, size and color of an earthworm.
Study of lumbricals in hand
Neurophysiological grades were defined as (a) mild CTS: prolonged distal sensory peak latency with +- decreased sensory amplitude, (b) moderate CTS: abnormal median sensory peak latencies with prolongation of the distal motor latency, (c) severe CTS: prolonged motor and sensory distal peak latency either with a low or absent sensory nerve action potential (SNAP) or compound muscle action potential (CMAP), (d) very severe CTS: absent thenar motor or sensory response either with a present or absent lumbrical response.
Clinical profile of carpal tunnel syndrome in a teaching hospital
Once past the metacarpophalangeal joint, the extensor tendon is divided into three bands, the central portion which receives some of the fibers from lumbrical muscles, that goes to insert on the proximal interphalangeal joint capsule at the base of the second phalanx.
Article review: early active short arc motion following central slip repair/Recensione di articolo mobilizzazione attiva precoce controllata dopo riparazione tendinea della bandelletta centrale
The co-ordination of extension of the PIP with simultaneous flexion of the MCP is known to be underpinned by the action of the hand lumbrical muscles (4).
El papel de la imagen cinestesica motora en la promocion de la activacion de los musculos lumbricales en la mano hemiparetica: un estudio controlado aleatorizado
El 1er y 2 musculo lumbrical se origina de la cara anterior y borde lateral del tendon del flexor digital profundo del II y III dedo.
Anatomia macroscopica de la musculatura del miembro anterior del mono Machin Blanco (Cebus albifrons)
Homma & Sakai mostraron que el RPNU envia sus ramos de manera regular, siendo cuatro para cada espacio interoseo, un ramo lumbrical, un ramo articular superficial, un ramo interoseo ulnar y un interoseo radial.
The unar nerve distribution: innervation of the interossei, lumbricals and pollicis adductor muscles/Distribucion del nervio ulnar: inervacion de los musculos interoseos, lumbricales y aductor del pulgar

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