Palmaris Longus Tendon
(This structure is absent in the Visible Human Male)
(This structure is absent in the Visible Human Male)
Standing, sitting or lying supine
Lateral or anterior to the patient.
May I touch your wrist? ( or point to the demonstrated area ).
Please turn your palm up and then press your little finger to your thumb (or demonstrate).
Now bend your wrist (or demonstrate). (If needed, hold in this position while I try to move
your hand.)
Guide the patient to supinate. With the patient relaxed, place the fingers in the middle of
the distal anterior forearm. Guide the patient to press the pads of the little finger to the
thumb and then flex the wrist. With unclear muscle activity, which is unlikely, provide
gradually increasing resistance by having the patient ìholdî while you produce a push on the
hand in the direction of wrist extension. The palmaris longus, if present, will be prominent
and centrally located on the anterior wrist.
Missing Text: Note that there are two video clips. In one video clip, the examiner, who has a palmaris longus,
is demonstrating the palpation. In the second video, the examiner is demonstrating on another
patient, who does not have this muscle.
VH ñ palmaris longus tendon
VH ñ palmaris longus missing
VH ñ palmaris longus missing