4. COMPARTMENTS OF FOREARM
• Forearm Two Compartments
• Anterior (flexor) Compartment
• Posterior (extensor) compartment
• Invested by deep fascia Attached to olecranon
& post. Border of ulna
• Sending no. of septa Deep fascia –thichened
to form Fexor and Extensor Retnaculum close
to wrist to retain digital tendons in position.
5. MUSCLES OF FRONT OF
FOREARM
• SUPERFICIAL GROUP (5)
From lateral to medial:
1. Pronator teres (PT)
2. Flexor carpi radialis (FCR)
3. Palmaris longus (PL) (may be absent)
4. Flexor digitorum superficialis FDS)
5. Flexor carpi ulnaris (FCU)
• DEEP GROUP (3)
1. Flexor pollicis longus (FPL)
2. Flexor digitorum profundus (FDP
3. Pronator quadratus (PQ)