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Your patient had trauma to the ulnar nerve and cannot actively abduct and adduct her fingers. You note weakness of which of the following muscles as a result of this?Group of answer choicesLumbricales three and fourOpponens digiti minimiDorsal and palmar interosseiFlexor digiti minimi

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Your patient had trauma to the ulnar nerve and cannot actively abduct and adduct her fingers. You note weakness of which of the following muscles as a result of this?Group of answer choicesLumbricales three and fourOpponens digiti minimiDorsal and palmar interosseiFlexor digiti minimi

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The ulnar nerve innervates the following muscles in the hand: the hypothenar muscles, the medial two lumbricals (lumbricales three and four), all interossei muscles, and the adductor pollicis.

In the case of trauma to the ulnar nerve, the patient would have difficulty abducting and adducting her fingers due to the impairment of the dorsal and palmar interossei muscles. These muscles are responsible for the abduction (dorsal interossei) and adduction (palmar interossei) of the fingers.

Therefore, the correct answer is the Dorsal and palmar interossei.

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