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Demonstrate and palpate Opponens Pollicis on a model in the Anatomical position with a time limit of one minute. Objective No 67 - Criteria to be demonstrated. 1. Request the model to place the Hand on a table with the Palmar surface facing upwards. 2. Surface mark the position of the Trapezium 3. Surface mark the shaft of the first Metacarpal bone. 4. Request the model to bring together the tip of the Thumb to the tip of the Little finger in the action of Opposition using maximal resistance. 5. The Opponens Pollicis Brevis lies medial to Flexor Pollicis Brevis in the Thenar Eminence . 6. The muscle belly can be palpated along the anterior surface of the shaft of the first metacarpal bone as it passes to its distal attachment.
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