
Wrist (English Only)
Wrist Anatomy, Pathology, and Injections
This course provides an overview of the basics when evaluating the wrist. This does not provide a comprehensive protocol. Users should confer with their medical society for appropriate criteria for the performance of these ultrasound examinations. This course will review the dorsal and volar view of each structure in the wrist starting with the cortical surface landmarks, soft tissue synovial anatomy, extensor tendons, and neurovascular structures on the volar surface such as the carpal tunnel.
Wrist: Introduction
Introductory material and disclaimer
Wrist: Pretest
Assess your current knowledge in this subject area with a pretest
Wrist: Lesson 1
Introduction and normal anatomy
Wrist: Mid-Test
Assess your knowledge of the material presented in lesson 1 with a mid-test
Wrist: Lesson 2
Wrist pathology and injections
Wrist: Additional Resources
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- Radius
- Lunate
- Capitate
- Extensor Tendon
- Radius
- Scaphoid
- Synovial Fold of the 1st Carpal Row (sits on top of the articular hyaline cartilage)
Red circle: vein
Blue circle: arteries
- Hyaline Cartilage of the Scaphoid
- Normal Amount of Synovial Fluid
- Radius
- Scaphoid
- Superficial Branches of the Radial Nerve
Circled: Compartment 1 - Abductor Pollicis Longus and Extensor Pollicis Brevis
- Radius
- Scaphoid
- Synovial Fold of the 1st Carpal Row (sits on top of the articular hyaline cartilage)
Red circle: vein
Blue circle: arteries
- Hyaline Cartilage of the Scaphoid
- Normal Amount of Synovial Fluid
- Radius
- Scaphoid
- Superficial Branches of the Radial Nerve
Circled: Compartment 1 - Abductor Pollicis Longus and Extensor Pollicis Brevis
- Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis
- Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus
- Lister’s Tubercle
Circled: Compartment 2
- Extensor Pollicis Longus (extremely thin tendon)
- Oblique Cross-section of Compartment 2
- Radius
- Ulna
Circled: Extensor Digiti Minimi, which has a retinaculum beneath and above
The lines point to the extensor digiti minimi
The lines point to the extensor carpi ulnaris
- Scaphoid
- Lunate
Arrow: Scapholunate joint
- Scaphoid Bone
- Median Nerve
- Pisiform Bone
- Ulnar Artery
- Ulnar Nerve
- Flexor Tendons (superficialis)
- Flexor Tendons (profundus)
- Pisiform Bone
- Ulnar Artery
- Ulnar Nerve
The line points to the median nerve.
- Trapezium
- Median Nerve
- Artery
- Hook of Hamate
- Compression
- Radius
- Lunate
- Capitate
- Articular Hyaline Cartilage (target for injection)
- Lister's Tubercle
- Extensor Tendon
- Compartment 2