2: Shoulder Flashcards
What is the shoulder?
Which bones does it include?
The area of upper limbn attachment to the trunk made up of
- Scapula
- Clavicle
- Humerus
What is the lateral angle of the scapula?
The glenoid cavaty (site of attachement of the humerus bone to form the gelenohumeral joint)
What are the superior and inferior angle of the scapula?
The highest and lowest points of the scapula (excluding the acromion)
Red part: What is its role?
It is the infraglenoid tubercle, attachment of the long head of the triceps brachii muscle
What is this part of the Scapula?
What is its role?
It is the supraglenoid tubercle is the site of attachment for the long head of the biceps brachii muscle
What is the attachment of the scapula and clavicle?
It is the acromiom (both of the scapula and clavicle)
What is their function?
Attachment of the rotator cuff muscles of the geenohumeral joint
Show the anatomical and surgical neck of the humerus
What is the relevance of the surgical neck of the humerus? What can be damaged?
It is the site where fractures of the humerus most often occur
The axillary nerve and the posterior circumflex humeral artery can be damaged
How are the tow attachements (used to be origin and insertion) of muscle in the limbs called?
Proximal and distal attachment
What is the pectoral girdle?
It is the region formed by the Sterno-calvicular-joint, Acromio-clavicular joint, Glenohumeral joint and the scapula-thoracic joint + its bones mainly:
- Clavicle
- Scapula
What are the functions fo the rotator cuff muscles of the shoulder?
- To stabelise the glenohumeral joint
- To deptress the humeral head in movement
What are the four rotator cuff muscles?
Infraspinatus