01/08

Deep structures of the wrist & hand

Product code: HP0509

Single Side Left or right side of a region / system / organ.

The hand is a complex and dynamic functional unit, capable of a remarkably wide range of actions from delicate and dextrous, to purposeful and powerful. It achieves this via a combination of muscles, tendons, pulleys and joint types, the ability to oppose the fingers with the thumb, and a rich sensory and motor nerve supply. This Silicone Plastinate reveals the multi-layered arrangement of muscles, tendons, arteries and nerves in the distal forearm and hand, with a focus on deeper structures. The course, branching and destination of key neurovascular structures are revealed alongside common points for their access, entrapment, damage, or local block.

Polymer injected arteries
Stand mounted
Human tissue with unique ID
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Key features include

General

Distal forearm and hand.
Most veins removed to provide clear views of underlying/nearby structures.

Muscles and regions

Thumb and fingers partially abducted.
Intermediate and deep level musculature of the distal forearm.
Deeper views of key regions, including the carpal tunnel, ulnar (Guyon) canal, radial foveola (anatomical snuffbox) and palmar spaces.
Boundaries of the region (site) for radiocarpal joint injection/aspiration.
Palmar aponeurosis removed to reveal underlying structures in the palm.
Flexor digitorum superficialis mostly removed – the distal parts of its tendons remain in the hand.
Flexor retinaculum opened, and the deep flexor tendons and median nerve lifted out of the carpal tunnel.
Muscles of the hand, including the lumbricals and the palmar and dorsal interossei.
Muscles of the thenar and hypothenar eminences cut and revealed in layers.
Pulley system of fingers opened to reveal the arrangement of the flexor tendons.
Posterior (extensor) compartments of the wrist opened, and tendons of superficial extensor muscles reflected to reveal the tendons of deeper muscles.
Extensor expansions of the hand, with associated attachments of the muscles of the hand.

Neurovasculature

Most veins removed to provide clear views of underlying/nearby structures.
Course, relations, and branches of key nerves, including the ulnar, median, and radial nerves.
Course, relations, and branches of key arteries, including the ulnar and radial.
Superficial and deep palmar arches and their digital branches.
Origin, course, and relations of the digital nerves and arteries in the hand.

Possible variants or pathology (not guaranteed)