1 Regional anatomy Flashcards
What is the difference between the three types of cartilage?
Hyaline cartilage: blue/white translucent. (costal, nasal, epiphyseal growth plates)
Fibrocartilage: white fibrous tissue with islands of cartilage and ground substance between collagen bundles (knees, hips, mandible, clavicle)
Elastic: yellow (ear, eustachian tube and epiglottis)
How does the cellular structure vary between muscle types?
Smooth muscle: single nucleus
Cardiac muscle: single or double nucleus
Skeletal: multiple nuclei
Describe smooth muscle cells
Spindle-shaped cells
Parallel
Describe cardiac muscle cells
Thick broad short cells that branch
Describe skeletal muscle cells
Long cylindrical, cells surrounded by endomysium
Either parallel or oblique
Three patterns of oblique pattern of skeletal muscle fibres
Unipennate muscles: all slope to one side of a tendon (FPL)
Bipennate: slope to two sides of a tendon (rectus femoris)
Multipennate: multiple bipennate side by side (subscapularis) or cylindrical (tibialis anterior)
What are muscle spindles?
Intrafusal
Sensory receptor
What are the two key types of bone?
Compact: Surface cortex, mineralised collagen embedded with osteocytes
Cancellous: Spongework of trabeculae
What are the two processes by which bones form?
Intramembranous ossification: osteoblasts lay down bone on fibrous tissues (skull, face, clavicle)
Endochondral ossification: pre-existing hyaline cartilage model is gradually destroyed and replaced by bone
What are the three types of joint?
Fibrous
Cartilaginous (primary or secondary)
Synovial
What is a fibrous joint?
Two bones separated by only connective tissue (sutures of the skull)
What is a cartilaginous joint?
Primary: bone and hyaline cartilage meet (epiphyses and ribs)
Secondary: union between bones covered by hyaline cartilage
What are the six features of synovial joints?
- Bones covered in hyaline cartilage
- Surrounded by capsule
- Enclosing a joint cavity
- Enforced by ligaments
- Internally lined by a synovial membrane
- Capable of movement
Definition of mucus membrane
Lining of internal body surface with communicates with the exterior
Definition of serous membrane
Lining of closed body cavity
Wall of capillaries
Flattened endothelial cells
Wall of arteries
Tunica intima
Tunica media-elastic
Tunica adventitia
Wall of veins
Tunica intima- valves
Tunica media
Tunica adventitia
Where is myelin formed?
CNS: Oligodendrocytes
PNS: Schwann cells
How does the size of peripheral nerve fibres relate to their function?
Widest tend to conduct fastest
Largest: motor or proprioceptive
Smallest: autonomic or sensory
How many spinal nerves are there?
31
8 cervical 12 thoracic 8 Lumbar 5 sacral 1 coccygeal
Describe the formation of a spinal nerve
Formed by anterior and posterior root
Happens in the intervertebral foramen
Anterior (motor and autonomic fibres plus pain)
Posterior (sensory-no synapses)
Then splits into anterior and posterior ramus
Anterior forms plexuses
Posterior ramus NEVER SUPPLIES SKIN OR MUSCLE
Which is the only spinal nerve with no cutaneous branch?
C1
Where is the neurovascular plane of the thoracic wall?
The layer between inner layer (subcostals, innermost intercostals and transversus thoracis) and internal intercostals.
Nerves lie below arteries except the nerves cross arteries alongside vertebral column and ventral midline
At these points the nerves are close to the skin
Describe the skin supply of the cervical nerves
C1-nil
C2- Occiput, posterior neck and skin over parotid
C3- Neck
C4- Infraclavicular region, shoulder and above scapula spine
C5- Lateral arm
C6- Lateral forearm and thumb
C7- Middle finger
C8- Little finger and distal medial forearm
Describe the skin supply of the thoracic nerves
T1- medial arm above and below elbow T2- axilla and thorax T3- Thorax and occasionally axilla T4- nipple T7-subcostal angle T8- Rib margin T10- umbilicus T12- lower abdomen, upper buttock
Describe the skin supply of the lumbar spinal nerves
L1- Suprapubic and inguinal regions, penis and anterior scrotum
L2- Anterior thigh, upper buttock
L3- Anterior and medial thigh and knee
L4- Medial leg, medial ankle and medial foot
L5- Lateral leg, dorsum of foot, medial sole
Describe the skin supply of the sacral spinal nerves
S1- Lateral ankle, sole and lateral dorsum of foot
S2- Posterior leg, thigh, buttock penis
S3- Sitting area of buttock, posterior scrotum
S4- Perianal
S5 and coccygeal- Behind anus and over coccyx
What is a myotome?
Amount of muscle supplied by one segment of the spinal end
What are the four key facts about myotomes?
- Most muscles are supplied equally by 2 adjacent segments
- Muscles sharing a primary action on a joint are all supplied by the same segments
- Their opponents share the same nerve segments
- For distal joints the spinal centre lies lower in the cord. For each joint one segment more distal in the limb, the centre lies one segment lower in the cord
What are the main spinal segments controlling hip flexion and extension
Hip
Flex L2,3
Extend L4,5
What are the main spinal segments controlling knee extension and flexion
Knee
Flex L3,4
Extend L5,S1
What are the main spinal segments controlling ankle dorsi and plantar flexion
Ankle
Dorsiflex: L4,5
Plantar: S1,2
What are the main spinal segments for foot inversion and eversion
Foot
Invert: L4
Evert: L5, S1
What are the main spinal segments controlling elbow flexion and extension
Elbow
Flex C5, 6
Extend: C7, C8
What are the spinal segments that control shoulder movement?
Abduct and laterally rotate: C5
Abduct and medially rotate: C6, 7, 8