M.'palmaris loiigus 



Muscles of the Arm. 



317 



Ligamentum carpi vola 

 Os pisifornie 



]SI. palmaris br 



Aponeuros 

 jialmaris 



362. 

 Fascia 

 of the 



right 



palm. 



The ligameutum carpi vo- 



lare is a band of fibers riinniEu- 

 transversely in the fascia anti- 

 brachii just over the wrist; it 

 covers the flexor muscles in that 

 situation and is connected with 

 tlip li<i'. carpi dorsale. 



The aponeurosis palmaris 

 (<). T. palmar fascia) lies just 

 beneath the skin in the palm : 

 it is triangular being liarri iw at 

 its beginning; it comes partly 

 from the ligamentum carjii 

 transversum. the largest part 

 of it being a conthiuation of the 

 m. palmaris longus; it goes by 

 five diverging processes chiefly 

 to the skin nf the fingers at tlu^ 



level of the capitula oss. metacarpalium , partly also 

 into the depth to the ligamenta vaginalia : somewhat 

 distalward frijm this insertion fasciculi transversi 



are stretched nut just beneath the skin between every two fingns from l:hf''2"J 5'li finger 

 they are also partially connected with one another. The thenar and iv] i"t I i.uar eminences 

 are covered only by thin fascia. Upon the hypothenar eminence tb<'rf' i' - ni additiun the 



M. palmaris brevis, flat, quadrangular. r i g i n : ulnar margin . ' ," >neurosis palmaris. 

 I n s e r t i n : to the skin at the ulnar mnrgin of the hand. A c t i o n ; it wv'ukJes the skin, and deepens 

 the hollow of the hand. Innervation: ramus superficialis "f the rjrius volaris manus n. ulnaris. 



Lig. carpi trausversura (0. T. anterior annular ligamein) (spi' also Figs. 363365) 

 is a tough flbrous band which extends transversely bet^veenJ^^le eniinentiae carpi and tlie 

 adjacent ligan.ents; it bridges over the sulcus carpi (see p. 1( ^^ 



Spalteholz, Atlas. .^Sl^Hi^HF 21 



Vessels an 

 nerves 



r^ 



