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Identify by palpation and surface mark with a pen the position of the Pisiform bone on a model in the anatomical position with side lighting and a time limit of 15 seconds.

Objective No 16 - Criteria to be demonstrated.

1. Request the model to flex the elbow joint to a right angle.

2. Identify by palpation the Head of Ulna (Objective No 10).

3. Move the fingertip round to the anteromedial surface of the wrist and request the model to flex and ulnar deviate the wrist joint against maximal resistance.

4. Palpate the anteromedial surface of the wrist immediately proximal to the base of the hypothenar eminence.

5. Identify by palpation a distinct tendon at this point which appears to erminate at a small round pea shaped bone. This is the Pisiform bone .

6. Request the model to pronate the forearm and passively flex the wrist joint.

7. Identify the Pisiform bone and gently move it with a gliding action on the bone which lies posterior.

 

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