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Anatomy Upper limb cf053d4a

Power grip of hand depends on?

A
Sho flexor of fingers
B
Lumbricalsofhand
C
Long flexors of the fingers
D
Palmaris brevis
High-Yield Explanation
in power grip ,4 finger pulps are opposed to thenar eminence.the thumb base and thenar pad provide fixed buttress.The MCP joints of other fingers are flexed by the interossei and lumbricals. Long flexors flex PIP joints but the DIP is flexed by Flexor digitorum profundus alone. The profundus is more impoant in power grip and the ulnar nerve too as it supplies the FDP. The contraction of palmaris brevis imroves grip. Reference: Clinical Anatomy for students: a problem-solving approach, Neeta v Kulkarni,1st edition, pg no.106

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