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.
This Day In History: President Abraham Lincoln Was Shot. John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln 152 years ago today. This day in history, April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head at Fordâs Theatre in Washington, D.C. by actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth. The assassination came just five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, bringing about an end to the American Civil War.