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1st year general Flashcards

1
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How many bones are in the body?

A

206

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2
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What are the names of the two parts of the skeleton?

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Axial

Appendicular

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3
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What skeletal bones have gender differences?

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Supraorbital ridge
Mastoid process
Chin
Carrying angle (more acute in females)
Q angle (wider in females)
Tilted sacrum (females)
Pelvic outlet (larger in females)
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4
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Why is anatomical position important?

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Point of reference no matter what position the body is in.

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5
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What does cranial/rostral mean?

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Closer to head

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6
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What does caudal mean?

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Closer to feet

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7
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What are the 4 main planes?

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Medial
Sagittal
Frontal (coronal)
Transverse

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8
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What is the level of the sternal angle?

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T4 and 5

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9
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What level is the summit of the iliac crest?

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L4

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10
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What level is the xiphisternal joint?

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T9

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11
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What forms the upper limb girdle?

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Clavicle and scapula

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12
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What forms the lower limb girdle?

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Pelvis and sacrum

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13
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What bones make up the pelvis?

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Ileum
Ischium
Pubis

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14
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What is the composition of bone?

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Compact
Spongy
Marrow cavity

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15
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What is periosteum?

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Surrounds compact bone

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16
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What are the two types of bone growth?

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Appositional

Interstitial

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17
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What is appositional bone growth?

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Increases width

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18
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What is interstitial bone growth?

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Increase height

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19
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Name 5 types of bone.

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Long, short, flat, irregular, sesamoid

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20
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What are condyles?

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Smooth articulations with another bone

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21
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What attaches to epicondyles?

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Muscle, tendon and ligaments

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22
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Describe the main landmarks of the humerus.

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Head
Neck (surgical and anatomical)
Greater and lesser tuberosities

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23
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What type of joints are cervical vertebrae?

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Synovial plane

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24
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Name the two types of bone ossification.

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Intramembranous

Endochondrial

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25
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Where does intramembranous ossification take place?

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Flat bones of skull, face, jaw and centre of clavicle

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26
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Where does endochondrial ossification take place?

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Initial hyaline cartilage replaced by bone e.g most ling b ones, sternum, ribs, vertebrae

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27
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What kind of joints are found in carpal bones?

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Synovial plane

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28
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What kind of joints are found at the elbow and knee?

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Synovial and hinge

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29
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What kind of joint is found at the superior and inferior radioulnar joint?

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Synovial pivot

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30
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What type of joint is the shoulder and hip?

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Synovial ball and socket

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31
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Name a fibrocartilaginous joint.

A

IV disc

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32
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Name a fibrous joint.

A

Suture

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33
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What type of joint is the wrist?

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Synovial ellipsoid

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34
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What kind of joint is the symphysis?

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Secondary cartilaginous

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35
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What are secondary cartilaginous joints made of?

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Fibrocartilage and hyaline

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36
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What kind of joint is as synchondrosis?

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Primary cartilaginous

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37
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Give an example of a primary cartilaginous joint.

A

Long bones

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38
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What kind of joint is the Atlanta-axial joint?

A

Pivot

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39
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What is an aponeurosis?

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Flat, thin and broad muscle made of dense regular CT

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40
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How many joints does the biceps cross?

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2 (potentially 3)

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41
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How many joints does the brachioradialis cross?

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1 (potentially 2)

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42
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Describe the movement of the diaphragm.

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Descends on contraction and ascend on relaxation (increase thoracic volume)

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43
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Name two antagonistic muscles.

A

Biceps and triceps

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44
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Name two synergistic muscles.

A

Brachialis and brachioradialis

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45
Q

How are muscles compartmentalised?

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By deep facial inter muscular septa

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46
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What innervates arm and forearm muscles?

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Brachial plexus

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47
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What innervates thigh and leg muscles?

A

Lumbosacral plexus

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48
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At what level is the brachial plexus?

A

C5-T1

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49
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At what level is the lumbosacral plexus?

50
Q

What lies posteriorly in the motor unit?

A

Dorsal root

51
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What type of fibres does the dorsal root contain?

52
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What type of fibres does the ventral root contain?

53
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What type of fibres does the dorsal ramus contain?

A

Sensory and motor

54
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What type of fibres does the ventral rams contain?

A

Sensory and motor

55
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Where do nerves of the ventral ramus supply?

A

Anterolateral

56
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Where do nerves of the dorsal ramus supply?

57
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If there is a lesion on the dorsal ganglion, what would be affected?

A

Loss of sensation at front and back

58
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If there was a lesion on the ventral ramus, what would be lost?

A

Sensory and motor loss anterolateral

59
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If there was a lesion on the ventral root, what would be lost?

A

All motor and sympathetic control

60
Q

Where are intercostal nerves from?

A

Ventral ramus

61
Q

Where is the subcostal nerve?

A

Below last rib (T12)

62
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What do the intercostal nerves innervate?

A

Intercostal muscles and anterior wall

63
Q

Where is the T2 dermatome located?

A

Sternomanubrial joint

64
Q

What dermatome covers the nipples?

65
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What dermatome covers the umbilicus?

66
Q

What dermatome covers the lumbar/inguinal region?

67
Q

What dermatome covers the xiphoid process?

68
Q

Describe the anatomy of nerves starting from the axon.

A
  • Axon covered with endoneurium
  • Lots of axons makeup a fascicle which is covered by perineurium
  • Lots of fasciculi and blood vessels are surrounded by epineurium
69
Q

Describe the structure of the vertebrae.

A

Spinous process posteriorly
Transvers process laterally
Lamina between spinous and transverse process
Peduncle between vertebral body and transverse process
Vertebral foramen in centre

70
Q

What are the facets of the vertebrae?

A

Superior costal
Transverse costal
Inferior costal
Articular

71
Q

What does the transverse costal facet articulate with?

A

Tubercle of rib

72
Q

What lies in the vertebral foramen?

A

Spinal cord

73
Q

What lies in the intervertebral foramen?

A

Spinal nerves

74
Q

What type of joint lies within the bodies of adjacent vertebrae?

A

Secondary cartilaginous

75
Q

what type of joint lies between the articular facets of adjacent vertebrae?

A

Synovial plane

76
Q

How many of each vertebrae are there?

A 
C7
T12
L5
S5
C4
77
Q

What is C1 called?

78
Q

What is C2 called?

79
Q

What is C7 called?

A

Vertebra prominens

80
Q

Describe the shape of the vertebral foramen in each vertebrae?

A 
Cervical = large and triangle
Thoracic = circular and small
Lumbar = triangular
81
Q

Describe the shape of the vertebral body in each vertebrae?

A 
Cervical = small and wide
Thoracic = heart
Lumbar = kidney
82
Q

What vertebrae have long and slender transverse processes?

83
Q

What vertebrae have long posterior and inferior spinous processes?

84
Q

What vertebrae have a bifid spinous process?

85
Q

Describe the structure of the IV disc.

A 
Centre = nucleus pulposus
Laterally = annulus fibrosus
86
Q

What are the main ligaments of the vertebral (spinal) column.

A 
Anterior longitudinal
Posterior longitudinal
Ligamentum flavum
Interspinous ligament 
Supraspinous
87
Q

What is the normal curvature of the spine?

A

Lordosis -> kyphosis -> lordosis (lumbar)

88
Q

What developmental change in neonates result in secondary curvature?

A

Cervical - hold head

Lumbar - begin to walk/sit up

89
Q

What happens to spine curvatures during pregnancy?

A

Exaggerated

90
Q

In what plane are the articular facets of cervical vertebrae?

A

Transverse

91
Q

In what plane are the articular facets of thoracic vertebrae?

92
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In what plane are the articular facets of lumbar vertebrae?

93
Q

Where does the spinal cord end in an adult?

94
Q

Where does the spinal cord end in a child?

95
Q

What are the layers of the meninges surrounding the spinal cord starting from the spinal cord?

A

Pia -> Arcahnoid -> Dura

96
Q

What is a sentinel lymph node?

A

Hypothetical first lymph node during cancer

97
Q

Where is the thoracic duct located?

A

Between the azygous vein and the aorta on the right side of the posterior thoracic wall
-> it then crosses thoracic vertebral bodies to the left side

98
Q

What does the thoracic duct drain?

A

Left side and legs

99
Q

Where does the thoracic duct commence?

A

Cysterna chyli at L1

100
Q

Where does the thoracic duct drain?

A

Into left subclavian vein

101
Q

What drains the right upper quadrant of the body?

A

Right lymphatic duct

102
Q

Describe the anatomy after the spinal cord ends.

A

Conus medullaris
Cauda equina
Filum terminale

103
Q

Where is the cauda equina located?

A

L2 –> coccyx

104
Q

What is the hilum terminal?

A

Longitudinal support to spinal cord which attaches to the coccyx inferiorly

105
Q

What is located in grey matter?

A

Cell bodies

106
Q

What is located in white matter?

A

Myelinated axons

107
Q

Where are lateral horns of the spinal cord located?

A

T1 - L2/3 (SNS)

S2-4 (PNS)

108
Q

What is the function of the meninges?

A

Protect and cushion CNS

109
Q

To what level does the dura matter descend to?

110
Q

To what level does the arachnoid matter descend to?

111
Q

What supplies blood to the spinal cord?

112
Q

How many spinal nerves are there?

113
Q

What direction does the grey and white matter travel in relation to the lateral horns and and sympathetic ganglia.

A 
Grey =  away from sympathetic ganglia to effector
White = in to the sympathetic ganglia
114
Q

Where is the sympathetic trunk located?

A

C1 –> end of coccyx

115
Q

What ways can sympathetic fibres flow?

A
  1. Synapse in ganglia at same level
  2. Ascend or descend chain before synapsing and exiting
  3. Run through chain without synapsing until prevertebral ganglia in abdomen
116
Q

Where do the three splanchnic nerves originate from?

117
Q

Where do PNS nerves arise and descend?

A

From conus medullaris lateral horns –> descend in cauda equina –> emerge between S2-4

118
Q

Where is the mixed autonomic pelvic plexus located?

A

Each side of the rectum

119
Q

What is the name of the joint of the root of the tooth and alveolar process?

120
Q

Give an example of a syndesmosis.

A

Interosseous ligament

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