Palmar aponeurosis
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Latin | aponeurosis palmaris |
TA98 | A04.6.03.012 |
TA2 | 2549 |
FMA | 42435 |
Anatomical terminology |
The palmar aponeurosis (palmar fascia) invests 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
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
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
It covers the
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
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References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 460 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
- lesson5mus&tendonsofhand at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
- lesson5flexretinac&palmapon at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)