The palmar aponeurosis (palmar fascia)
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the muscles of the palm, and consists of central, lateral, and medial portions.
Structure
The central portion occupies the middle of the palm, is triangular in shape, and of great strength
Its apex is continuous with the lower margin of the
transverse carpal ligament
The flexor retinaculum (transverse carpal ligament, or anterior annular ligament) is a fibrous band on the palmar side of the hand near the wrist. It arches over the carpal bones of the hands, covering them and forming the carpal tunnel.
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, and receives the expanded tendon of the
palmaris longus
The palmaris longus is a muscle visible as a small tendon located between the flexor carpi radialis and the flexor carpi ulnaris, although it is not always present. It is absent in about 14 percent of the population; this number can vary in Africa ...
.
Its base divides below into four slips, one for each finger. Each slip gives off superficial fibers to the skin of the palm and finger, those to the palm joining the skin at the furrow corresponding to the
metacarpophalangeal
The metacarpophalangeal joints (MCP) are situated between the metacarpal bones and the proximal phalanges of the fingers. These joints are of the condyloid kind, formed by the reception of the rounded heads of the metacarpal bones into shallow cav ...
articulations, and those to the fingers passing into the skin at the transverse fold at the bases of the fingers.
The deeper part of each slip subdivides into two processes, which are inserted into the fibrous sheaths of the flexor tendons. From the sides of these processes offsets are attached to the
transverse metacarpal ligament.
By this arrangement short channels are formed on the front of the heads of the metacarpal bones; through these the flexor tendons pass. The intervals between the four slips transmit the digital vessels and nerves, and the tendons of the
lumbricales.
At the points of division into the slips mentioned, numerous strong, transverse fasciculi bind the separate processes together.
The central part of the palmar aponeurosis is intimately bound to the integument by dense fibroareolar tissue forming the superficial palmar fascia, and gives origin by its medial margin to the
palmaris brevis
Palmaris brevis muscle is a thin, quadrilateral muscle, placed beneath the integument of the ulnar side of the hand. It acts to fold the skin of the hypothenar eminence transversally.
Structure
Origin and insertion
Palmaris brevis muscle is loc ...
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It covers the
superficial volar arch, the tendons of the flexor muscles, and the branches of the median and
ulnar nerve
In human anatomy, the ulnar nerve is a nerve that runs near the ulna bone. The ulnar collateral ligament of elbow joint is in relation with the ulnar nerve. The nerve is the largest in the human body unprotected by muscle or bone, so injury is ...
s; and on either side it gives off a septum, which is continuous with the
interosseous aponeurosis, and separates the intermediate from the collateral groups of muscles.
Lateral and medial portions
The lateral and medial portions of the palmar aponeurosis are thin, fibrous layers, which cover, on the radial side, the muscles of the ball of the thumb, and, on the ulnar side, the muscles of the
little finger
The little finger, or pinkie, also known as the baby finger, fifth digit, or pinky finger, is the most ulnar and smallest digit of the human hand, and next to the ring finger.
Etymology
The word "pinkie" is derived from the Dutch word ''pink ...
; they are continuous with the central portion and with the fascia on the
dorsum of the hand.
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