Anatomy and Surgery 3 Flashcards
Boundary between CNS and PNS
Anterior horn cells
Connects the R and L brain
Corpus callosum
Most inferior part of the brain
Cerebellar tonsils
Broca’s Area
Brodmann 44,45 - opercular/triangular parts of inferior frontal gyrus
Wernicke’s Area
Brodmann’s Area 22 - superior temporal gyrus
Major arteries in 4 vessel angiography
R and L internal carotids, R and L vertebral arteries
White matter and Gray matter: brain vs spinal cord
Brain - white inside, grey outside. Spinal Cord - white outside, grey inside.
Total number of bones in the skeletal system
206
Cube shaped bones that contain mostly spongy bone
Short bones - carpals, tarsals
Shaft of the bone
Diaphysis - compact bone
Ends of the bone
Epiphysis - spongy bone
Decreases friction at joint surfaces
Articular cartilage - made of hyaline cartilage
Gives rise to the bone, cartilages and muscle
Mesoderm
Classification of joints based on mobility
Synarthroses - immoveable. Amphiarthroses - slightly moveable. Diarthroses - freely moveable.
Example of pivot joints
C1 and C2
Examples of fibrous joints
Sutures, syndesmoses
Example of cartilaginous joints
Pubic symphysis, intervertebral joinys
Gomphosis is what kind of joint?
Tooth and socket of mandible and maxilla - synarthrosis/immoveable fibrous joint
Kind of synovial joint: wrist
Ellipsoidal
Synovial joint: carpometacarpal of thumb
Saddle
Synovial joint: shoulder, hip
Ball and socket
Synovial joint: atlantoaxial, radioulnar
Pivot
Structures covered by axillary fascia
Axillary vein, axillary artery, brachial plexus
Weakest area of rotator cuff muscles
Inferior, prone to dislocation - axillary nerve affected
Muscles innervated by suprascapular nerve
Supraspinatus (adbuctor), Infraspinatus (lateral rotator)
Muscles innervated by the axillary nerve
Teres minor (lateral rotator), Deltoid (abductor)
Most commonly inflamed rotator cuffuscle
Supraspinatus - pain during abduction
Medial rotator of the shoulder
Subscapularis - upper subscapular nerve
Borders of Quadrangular space that contains the axillary nerve and posterior circumflex humeral vessels
Above - teres minor, below - teres major, medial - long head of triceps brachii, lateral - surgical neck of humerus
Injury to musculocutaneous nerve
Difficulty flexing arm and supinating forearm
Triceps brachii innervated bu?
Radial nerve
All flexor muscles of the forearm are innervated by the median nerve except?
FCU (superficial) and FDP (deep) - Ulnar nerve
2 innervations of FDP in the arm
Lateral side - median nerve, Medial side - ulnar nerve
Medial epicondyle of humerus: origin of?
FLEXOR tendon - pronator teres, FCR, palmaris longis, FCU, FDS
Lateral Epicondyle of Humerus: origin of?
EXTENSOR tendon - ECRB, ED, EDM, ECU, Anconeus, Supinator
Innervation of extensor muscles of forearm
Radial nerve
Roots of the Brachial Plexus
C5, C6, C7, C8, T1
Innervation of serratus anterior muscle
Long thoracic nerve - C5 to C7 roots of brachial plexus
Origin of musculocutaneous nerve
Lateral cord of brachial plexus (C5-C7) - anterior flexors of arm and supination of forearm
Origin of axillary nerve
Posterior cord (C5 and C6) - supplies deltoid and teres minor
Origin of Radial Nerve
Posterior cord (C5,C6,C7,C8,T1) - supplies extensor muscles of arm and forearm
Origin of thoracodorsal nerve
Posterior cord (C6,C7,C8) - innervates latissimus dorsi
Lesion of C5 and C6 in superior trunk of brachial plexus
Erb Duchenne’s syndrome - “waiter’s tip”
Lesion in the C8 and T1 ventral rami in the inferior trunk of the brachial plexus
Klumpke’s Paralysis - ape hand and a claw hand
Area where long thoracic nerve is commonly injured
Courses superficial to the serratus anterior - lateral wall of thorax (radical mastecty, stab wounds)
Long thoracic nerve injury
Winging of scapula
Lesion results to difficulty elevating the trunk or using a crutch
Thoracodorsal nerve lesions - latissimus dorsi muscle affected
Nerve lesion due to spiral fracture of the midshaft of the humerus
Radial nerve - wrist drop
Proximal median nerve lesion
Hand of Benediction - supracondylar fracture of the humerus
Distal median nerve lesion
Ape hand or weakness in opposition of fingers - carpal tunnel syndrome/lunate dislocation
Ulnar nerve distal lesion
Claw hand or weakness in the ability to abduct and adduct fingers (hold a piece of paper in between fingers) - fracture in hook of hamate
Divides the axillary artery into 3 parts
Tendon of pectoralis minor
Branch of 3rd part of axillary artery that supplies the anterior serratus muscle
Thoracodorsal artery
Most commonly fractured bone in the body
Clavicle - first to begin ossification, last to complete ossification
Colles vs Smith Radial Fractures
Colles - silver fork deformity, distal segment posteriorly displaced. Smith’s - distal segment anteriorly displaced.
Total number of carpals per hand
8
Pain and tenderness over anatomical snuffbox
Scaphoid fracture - most commonly fractured
Anterior dislocation may cause carpal tunnel syndrome
Lunate - most commonly dislocated
Fracture at the base of the first metacarpal bone
Bennett’s fracture
Fracture at the necks of the 2nd and 3rd metacarpals
Boxer’s fracture
Nerve compressed in carpal tunnel syndrome
Median nerve
Muscle that flexes distal IP joints
Flexor digitorum profundus
Innervation of thenar and hypothenar muscles
Thenar - median nerve. Hypothenar - ulnar nerve.
Lymphatic drainage of R head and neck/R thorax/ R upper limb
Right lymphatic duct that drains to R brachiocephalic. The rest is drained by thoracic duct that drains to L brachiocephalic.
Anterior thigh muscles innervation
Femoral nerve
Posterior thigh muscles innervation
Sciatic nerve
Medial thigh muscles innervation
Obturator nerve
Strongest flexor of thigh and hip joint
Iliopsoas or Psoas major
Tensor fascia lata innervation
Superior gluteal nerve - muscle is part of anterior thigh muscles
Quadriceps femoris muscle that crosses above the hip joint
Rectus femoris - flexes hip joint
Origin of Sartorius
ASIS
Origin of rectus femoris
AIIS
Insertion of iliacus and psoas
Lesser trochanter of femur
Insertion of quadriceps femoris
Patellar tendon
Dual nerve innervation of Adductor magnus (medial thigh muscle)
Medial or adductor part - obturator nerve. Posterior or hamstring part - sciatic nerve.
Insertion of adductor muscles
Linea aspera of femur
Insertion of hamstring part of adductor magnus
Adductor tubercle of femur