Flexor Digitorum Profundus (FDP)
- Instruct the patient “Bend the tip of your finger” while stabilizing their PIP joint
- Insertion: distal phalanxes of fingers
- Action: flexion of distal interphalangeal joints
- Innervation: Median nerve (radial half), Ulnar nerve (ulnar half)
The 13 muscle groups you need to test in the hand exam:
Pingback: Hand Exam: Motor 6/13 – Hypothenar Muscles | Sketchy Medicine
Pingback: Hand Exam: Motor 7/13 – EPB and APL | Sketchy Medicine
Pingback: Hand Exam: Motor 9/13 – Extensor Digitorum Communis (EDC) | Sketchy Medicine
Pingback: Hand Exam: Motor 8/13 – Extensor Pollicis Longus (EPL) | Sketchy Medicine
Pingback: Hand Exam: Motor 5/13 – Interosseous Muscles | Sketchy Medicine
Pingback: Hand Exam: Motor 4/13 – Thenar Muscles | Sketchy Medicine
Pingback: Hand Exam: Motor 3/13 – Flexor Digitorum Superficialis (FDS) | Sketchy Medicine
Pingback: Hand Exam: Motor 1/13 – Flexor Pollicis Longus (FPL) | Sketchy Medicine
Pingback: Hand Exam: Motor 10/13 – Extensor Indicis Proprius (EIP) and Extensor Digiti Minimi (EDM) | Sketchy Medicine
Pingback: Hand Exam: Motor 11/13 – Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus (ECRL) and Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis (ECRB) | Sketchy Medicine
Pingback: Hand Exam: Motor 12/13 – Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU) | Sketchy Medicine