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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2009

A 38-year-old patient came to a traumatology centre and complained about an injury of his right hand. Objectively: the patient has a cut wound in the region of the thenar eminence on the right hand; distal phalanx of the I finger cannot be flexed. What muscle was injured?

Answer options

  1. Long flexor muscle of thumb
  2. Opposer muscle of thumb
  3. Short abductor muscle of thumb
  4. Short flexor muscle of thumb
  5. Abductor muscle of thumb
Correct answer

Long flexor muscle of thumb

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