The muscles that move the fingers and thumb are located in the forearm. Long tendons extend from these muscles through the wrist and attach to the small bones of the fingers and thumb. The tendons on the top of the hand straighten the fingers.These are known as extensor tendons. The tendons on the palm side bend the fingers.ong tendons extend from these muscles through the wrist and attach to the small bones of the fingers and thumb. The tendons on the top of the hand straighten the fingers. These are known as extensor tendons. The tendons on the palm side bend the fingers.
Abraham Lincoln was the first president to die of assassination. He  was shot in the back of his head by John Wilkes  Booth, a well-known actor and Confederate spy from Maryâ¦land.  Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
It was 150 years ago Tuesday that President Abraham Lincoln was shot to death by John Wilkes Booth, and to mark the anniversary, The Associated Press dusted off its original report of the assassination. copy of a 1865 lithographic print by Currier &amp; Ives provided by the U.S. Library of Congress shows John Wilkes Booth shooting U.S. President Abraham Lincoln as he sits in the presidential box at Ford's Theatre in Washington April 14, 1865.