Anatomical Landmarks Flashcards
What comes through quadrangular space
Axillary artery
Posterior humeral circumflex artery
Posterior humeral circumflex vein
Quadrangular space boundaries
Teres minor (superior) Teres major (inferior) Triceps brachii long head (medial) Humerus (lateral)
Triangular space boundaries
Teres minor (superior) Teres major (inferior) Triceps brachii long head (laterally)
What goes through triangular space
Circumflex scapular artery
Triangular interval boundaries
Teres major (superior)
Long head of triceps brachii (medial)
Humerus (lateral)
What goes through triangular interval
Radial nerve
Profunda brachii artery
Profunda brachii vein
What passes through suprascapular notch
Suprascapular nerve
-suprascapular artery and vein usually pass over suprascapular ligament
Deltopectoal triangle boundaries
Inferior border of clavicle (superior)
Deltoideus (lateral)
Pectoralis major (medial)
What goes through deltopectoral triangle
Cephalic vein
Cubical fossa boundaries
Pronator teres (medial) Brachioradialis (lateral) Imaginary line passing through humeral epicondyles
What is in the cubital fossa
Median nerve Brachial artery Brachial vein Tendon of biceps brachi Sometimes: basilic vein, ulnar and radial arteries
Anatomical snuff box boundaries
Tendons of:
- abductor pollicis longus & extensor pollicis brevis (laterally)
- extensor pollicis longus (medially)
What is in the anatomical stuff box
Radial artery
Carpal tunnel boundaries
flexor retinaculum- roof
Palmar carpal ligament- floor
What goes thru carpal tunnel?
Median nerve
4 tendons of flexor digitorum superficialis
4 tendons of flexor digitorum profundus
Tendon of flexor pollicis longus
Boundaries of tunnel of guyon
Flexor retinaculum -floor
Tendon of flexor carpi ulnaris- roof
Pisiform, hamate- walls
What goes through tunnel of guyon
Ulnar nerve
Ulnar artery
Ulnar vein
Femoral triangle boundaries
Inguinal ligament
Sartorius
Adductor longus
Contents of femoral triangle
Femoral nerve
Femoral artery and proximal branches
Femoral vein and proximal tributaries
Femoral canal
Muscular tripod muscles
Sartorious
Gracilis
Semitendinosus
Popliteal fossa boundaries
Semimembranosus
Semitendinosus
Biceps femoris
Heads of gastroc
Contents of popliteal fossa
Popliteal artery (continuing from femoral artery) Sciatic nerve (dividing into tibial and common fibular nerves)
