
Flexor Tendon Injuries - OrthoInfo - AAOS
Flexor tendons are cord-like structures running from the forearm across the wrist and palm and into the fingers, allowing you to bend your fingers and thumb to grasp an object or make a fist.
Flexor Tendon Injuries - Hand - Orthobullets
Flexor Tendon Injuries are traumatic injuries to the flexor digitorum superficialis and flexor digitorum profundus tendons that can be caused by laceration or trauma.
Flexor Tendon | Orthopaedics | Loyola Medicine
These tendons originate near the elbow and extend down the arm into the fingers. Flexor tendons are located just below the surface of the skin and allow you to bend and straighten your fingers.
Flexor Tendon Injuries & Repairs - Hand and Wrist Institute
The Flexor Tendons are located on the palm side of the hand. They are thick cord-like connective tissues that attach the finger bones to muscles in the forearm and allow the fingers to bend.
Flexor Tendon Injuries: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
The flexor tendon system connects your forearm muscles to the bones of your thumb and fingers. These long tendons extend from the forearm's muscles into the palm side of the wrist, then connect into the …
Flexor tendon injury | The British Society for Surgery of the Hand - BSSH
The flexor tendons are strong smooth cords that connect the muscles of the forearm to the bones in the fingers and thumb. There are two to each finger and one for the thumb (See diagram).
Flexor Tendon - TeachMe Orthopedics
Jan 5, 2025 · Figure 12.1-1 depicts the most common anatomical arrangement of the synovial sheaths and flexor tendon pulleys in the thumb and fingers. (pulley) tissue components. It is a system that …
When a muscle contracts, or tightens, the muscles power the tendons to move our bones. The ability to bend our fingers to make a fist is controlled by the flexor tendons. Figure 1 - An example of some of …
Flexor Tendon Injuries - Physiopedia
Flexor tendon injuries are some of the more common and complex injuries managed by hand surgeons. The flexor tendon mechanism plays a key role in the functionality of the hand.
Flexor Tendon Injuries - Massachusetts General Hospital
These flexor muscles move the fingers through cord-like extensions called tendons, which connect the muscles to bone. The flexor muscles start from the elbow and forearm regions, turn into tendons just …