Sentences with phrase «pronator quadratus»

This muscle, the pronator quadratus, acts to essentially turn the palm downward, in addition to holding the radius and ulna firmly together.

By the way, ligament laxity (usually from adrenal stress) in the wrist can also cause a problem similar to that of a dysfunctional pronator quadratus.

Very often the pronator quadratus is inhibited in its function usually from repetitive stress and micro-trauma.

The deep layer of the anterior forearm contains 3 muscles: the flexor digitorum profundus, flexor pollicis longus, and the pronator quadratus.

Pollicis refers to the thumb, so this muscle helps to bend the thumb, and the pronator quadratus helps to turn the palms down (pronation of the forearm).