Anatomy Flashcards
Earliest medical text dates back to and was created by
1600 BCE “Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus”
Who was behind the basic musculoskeletal system knowledge and tricuslid valve
Hippocrates (460 BCE)
Who discovered difference between veins and arteries
Praxagoras
Who is coincidered to be the father of anatomy?
Herophilus
Who was the gladiators physician?
Claudius Galen
Acienna
Quite accurate research still being used in India.
Who stated that the nerve came from the brain and not the heart
Versalius
Discovered heart function and blood flow
William Harvey
Name the origin of the flexors of the wrist
Medial epicondyle of humerus
Name the origin of the wrist extensors
Lateral epicondyle
Distal lateral supracondylar ridge of humerus
Which are the muscles holding the shoulder in the socket? And name mutual insertion of the first three
Supraspinatous
Infraspinatus
Teres minor
Subscapularis
Greater tubercle
(SITS)
What is myotomes
Group of muscles from a single spinal nerve
What are dermatomes
Sensory fibres from a single spinal nerve
Name the two types of muscletesting
Break testing
Active resistance testing
Name muscles stablizing scapula and clavicle
7
Trap Lev. Scap Rhomb x2 Serratus ant Pec x2 Subclav
Pectoralis minor
O: 3rd-5th rib
I: coracoid process
N: medial pectoral nerve
A: stabilises, pulling inferior and ant
Subclavicus
O: junction of 1st rib
I: inferior surface of middle third clavicle
N: nerve to subclavicus C5,6
A: anchors and depresses clavicle
Serratus anterior
O: external surf of lat part of 1st to 8th rib
I: anterior surface of medial scapula
N: long thoracic nerve c5,6,7
A: anchers scapula to thoracic wall
Muscles that move the arm
Delt Teres maj Coracobrach Latissi Biceps Tricep Brachiorad Anconeus
Biceps brachii
O: corochoid scapula
I: tuberosity of radius
N: musculocutaneous nerve
A: elbow flexion and supination, flex shoulder
Brachialis
O: distal half of anterior surface of humerus
I: coronoid process and ulnar tuberosity
N: musculocutaneous nerve
A: flex elbow
Coracobrachialis
O: tip of coracoid process
I: middle third of medial surface humerus
N: musculocutaneous nerve
A: shoulder flex, add
Triceps brachii
O: humerus
I: olecranon
N: radial nerve
A: elbow extension
Principles of dermatomes
Cutaneous nerves
Brachial plexus
Dorsal nerve root at spinal level
Brain
Principles of myotomes
Brain
Spinal chord
Specific ventral nerve root
Peripheral nerve
Name the 8 wrist flexors
Pronator Flexor rad, uln, superfi Palmaris Digitorum profondus Pollicis longus Pronator
Name the 11 wrist extensors
Brachioradialis Extensor carpi rad long, brev Digitorum Digiti minimi Carp radialis Supinator Abductor poll long Ext poll long Ext poll brevis Indicis
Pairs of spinal nerves?
31
If the impression for costoclavicular ligament is visable you are looking at the
Posterior surface of the clavicle
Name 6 muscles that insert onto greater trochanter
Oberatus internus, glut medius and mini, piriformis, gemellius sup and inf
Name the three muscles that inserts on to ichial tuberosity
(The posterior thigh muscles)
Semitendinosus, semimembranosus and biceps fem
Name muscles that inserts to lesser trochanter
Psoas, pectineus, iliacus
Muscles that inserts on to base of patella and by patella ligament to tibial tuberosity
Quadriceps:
Vast lat, intermedius and medialis, rec fem