Anatomy High Yield Flashcards
Surgical neck fracture of humerus: risk?
Axillary nerve and posterior humeral circumflex artery
Midshaft humerus fracture: risk?
Radial nerve and deep brachial artery
Supracondylar fracture: risk?
Brachial artery and median nerve
Medial epicondyle fracture: risk?
Ulnar nerve
In a colles fracture, which way is the distal fragment displaced? What can often happen to the ulnar styloid process?
Colles fracture results from forced extension, FOOSH. Distal fragment is displaced dorsally resulting in a dinner fork deformity. Often the ulnar stylid process is avulced.
Cubital fossa structures lateral to medial?
BAN: Biceps brachii tendon, brachial Artery, median Nerve
What are the findings of an Upper Brachial Palsy (aka Erb-Duchenne, aka waiter tip)?
Combination lesion of axillary, suprascapular, and musculocutaneous nerve injury.
Will see adducted shoulder, medially rotated arm, extended elbow, and loss of sensation in the lateral aspect of the upper limb
How would breast cancer spread to the spine?
Posterior intercostal, to azygous system to superior vena cava or vertebral venous plexus.
Blockage of the subclavian or axillary artery can be bypassed by anastomoses between the thyrocervical trunk and subscapular artery.
- What are the anastomotic branches off the Thyrocervical trunk?
- What are the anastomotic branches off the subscapular artery?
Thyrocervical trunk comes off the subclavian artery proximal to scapula. Gives off *transverse cervical and *Suprascapular artery
The subscapular artery comes off the axillary artery and gives off the *thoracodorsal artery and the *circumflex scapular artery
** arteries contribute to anastomosis
What is more lateral, the cephalic vein or the basilic vein?
Cephalic vein—>median cubital vein (joins cephalic/basilic)—> basilic vein
In order of lateral to medial
So Cephalic vein is more lateral
Although the thenar eminence atrophies in CTS, what is spared and why?
Sensation is spared in carpal tunnel syndrome because palmar cutaneous branch enters hand external to carpal tunnel
Dislocation of the lunate bone can cause
Acute carpal tunnel syndrome
What branch of the median nerve innervates the opponens pollicis?
Recurrent branch of the median nerve
What joints are affected in Rheumatoid arthritis?
MCPS, PIPs
DIPS ARE NOT AFFECTED IN RA
Traction or tear injury of the upper trunk causes?
Erbs palsy (C5-C6 roots)
The deltoid, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, and biceps brachii are affected by the Upper trunk injury (C5-C6) known as Erb’s palsy. What are the functional deficits as a result of these muscles being affected?
Deltoid, supraspinatus: deficit in abduction so arm will be adducted by side
Infraspinatus: deficit in external rotation, so arm will be medially rotated
Biceps brachii: deficit in flexion and supination, so arm will be extended and pronated
Erb’s palsy is a combination lesion of which three nerves?
Axillary, suprascapular, and musculocutaneous
Klumpke palsy occurs during tree grabbing/ delivering newborns and is a nerve root injury in which roots
C8-T1
Klumpke palsy is a lesion of which trunk of the brachial plexus
Lower
Which nerves are lesioned in Klumpke palsy?
Combination of ulnar nerve (claw hand) and median nerve (ape hand) so you get total claw hand
C8 dermatome vs ulnar neuropathy
Dermatome will be dorsal and ventral
Ulnar will be just ventral
What nerve innervates the deep head of the Flexor Pollicis Brevis
Deep branch of the ulnar nerve
Which muscles adduct the fingers at the MCP joint?
Palmar interossei, innervated by ulnar nerve
Which muscles abduct the fingers at the MCP joint
Dorsal interossei PAD DAB
Thumb dermatome
C6
Loss of forearm flexion and supination.
Loss of sensation over lateral forearm
What cord and nerve is damaged?
Lateral cord, musculocutaneous (C5-C7)
Patellar reflex levels Achilles reflex levels Biceps reflex levels Triceps levels Cremasteric Anal wink
L3,L4 S1,S2 C5,C6 C7, C8 L1, L2 S3, S4
Difficulty rising from a seated position (weakened hip extension) is injury to what nerve
Inferior gluteal nerve injury, which supplies Gluteus Maximus
The hamstings (biceps femoris, semitendinosis, semimembranosus) are all hip extenders and knee flexors. They are supplied by the tibial head except for?
The short head of the biceps femoris is supplied by the common fibular nerve
What three muscles are part of the triceps surae and will be affected by an achilles tendon injury?
Gastros, soleus, plantaris
Sciatic nerve levels
L4-S3
Tibal nerve levels
L4-S3
Where does the lateral breast drain
Axillary nodes (pectoral)
What is the lymph drainage of the medial breast?
Parasternal lymph nodes OR opposite breast
What is the venous drainage of the breast? (3)
Internal thoracic, axillary, and intercostal veins
Paralysis of diaphragm, which side is elevated?
The paralyzed side is elevated
Four locations where the esophagus can be constricted
- Origin at the pharynx
- Posterior to arch of aorta
- Compression by left main bronchus
- Esophageal hiatus
What are the openings of the diaphragm
I (IVC) ate (8) ten (10) eggs (esophagus) at (aorta) twelve (12)
IVC=T8
Esophagus=T10
Aorta=T12
What anastomosis is responsible for esophageal varices?
Left gastric v (portal) <> Azygos v (caval)
How would you surgically treat portal htn?
Shunt between portal and hepatic vein
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)
What part of thyroid overlies the 2-3rd rings of the trachea
Isthmus of thyroid
Cricothyrotomy is cut between the thyroid and cricoid cartilage at the?
Cricothyroid membrane
Lateral and posterior walls of the left ventricle
Left Circumflex Coronary Artery
Area between the horizontal fissure and oblique fissure, which lobe would this be in?
Middle lobe of right lung
The intercostal nerves supply costal parietal pleural and peripheral diaphragmatic pleura.
The phrenic nerve supplies central diaphragmatic and mediastinal pleura.
What is the supply of the visceral pleura?
Autonomic supply
Pleura that can be damaged during a subclavian vein cath?
Cervical pleura
Below the arcuate line, which aponeuroses pass in front of the rectus sheath? What is behind?
All three muscles (EO, IO, TA)
Behind is the peritoneum (thin membranous layer)
Above the arcuate line, what structures are anterior to the rectus sheath?
Which structures are posterior?
Anterior is external oblique and anterior layer of internal oblique aponeurosis
Posterior is the transversus abdominis and the posterior layer of internal oblique aponeurosis
What two structures join to make the ejaculatory duct?
Seminal vesicle and the vas deferens
What is the first structure crossed by any abdominal hernina?
Transversalis fascia
The short gastric arteries and left gastroepiploic vessels are contained within the?
Gastrosplenic ligament
Which ligament connects greater curvature of stomach to the spleen?
Gastrosplenic ligament
The splenic artery/vein and the tail of the pancreas are within which ligament
The splenorenal ligament
Which two ligaments make up the lesser omentum?
Hepatogastric and Hepatoduodenal
Sympathetic innervation of the foregut
preganglionic:
Postganglionic:
Preganglionic: greater splanchnic (T5-T9)
Postganglionic: celiac ganglion
Sympathetic innervation of the midgut
Preganglionic
Postganglionic
Preganglionic: lesser splanchnic T10-T11
Postganglionic: superior mesenteric ganglion
Hindgut innervation
Preganglionic:
Postganglionic:
Preganglionic: lumbar splanchnic nerves L1-L2
Postganglionic: inferior mesenteric ganglion
Ruptured gastric ulcer on lesser curvature
Ruptured gastric ulcer on posterior wall of duodenum
Lesser: left gastric
Posterior wall duodenum: gastroduodenal artery
What is the level of the SMA?
Lower border L1
What is the spinal level of the renal artery?
L2
What is the spinal level of the IMA?
L3
Where do the common iliacs branch off the aorta
L4
What are the three branches of the celiac trunk?
Common hepatic
Left gastric
Splenic
Two branches of the common hepatic artery, which was a branch of the celiac trunk
Proper hepatic
Gastroduodenal
Which artery does the right gastric come off of?
Proper hepatic gives off right gastric, then it ascends within the hepatoduodenal ligament of the lesser omentum to reach porta hepatis; it then divides into right and left hepatic arteries
What artery does the cystic artery come off of?
Right hepatic
What part of stomach is at risk if splenic artery is disrupted?
Fundus and upper portion of the greater curvature because they are supplied by the short gastric arteries of the splenic
Where does the middle colic a. come from?
SMA
What does the ascending (marginal) branch of the left colic artery supply?
Splenic flexure; anastomoses with middle colic.
What is the typical location of a AAA? How does this relate to the duodenum?
Typically just above bifurcation at L4 and crossed by the 3rd part of the duodenum**
A stone in the cystic duct causes biliary colic, but doesnt cause?
Jaundice
Obstruction at ileocecal valve, can see air in biliary tree (pneumobilia)
Gallstone ileus
- this would be a gallstone from the body of the gallbladder. Those go through posterior gb wall into the duodenum and then obstruct the ileocecal junction.
- a gallstone from the fundus of the gallbladder would enter the transverse colon and pass through the rectum
Caput medusae is caused by shunting between what portal and what systemic veins?
Paraumbilical veins (portal) Small epigastric veins (systemic)
What are the systemic and portal veins that cause anorectal varices
Superior rectal (portal)<>middle and inferior rectal (systemic)
What is the drainage of the superior rectal vein (portal)
Superior rectal vein—>inferior mesenteric vein—>splenic vein—>portal vein
What is the drainage of the inferior rectal vein?
Inferior rectal vein—>internal pudendal vein—>internal iliac vein—>common iliac vein—> svc
Above pectinate line lymph drainage
Internal iliac node
Below pecitnate line lymph drainage
Superficial inguinal node
Carcinoma of the pancreas commonly occurs in the head of the pancreas and may constrict the?
Main pancreatic duct and the common bile duct leading to jaundice
What two vessels join behind the neck of the pancreas to form the portal vein?
Splenic vein and superior mesenteric vein
Where is the body of the pancreas in regards to the aorta and left kidney?
Anterior to both
What is the only part of the pancreas that is intraperitoneal?
The tail. Which enters the splenorenal ligament.
Abnormal rotation of VENTRAL pancreatic bud
Annular pancreas
What is the embryonic origin of the spleen and kidneys?
Mesoderm
However, the spleen has blood supply from foregut derivative.
Border between inferior spleen and the upper pole of the left kidney is which rib?
11th rib
Kidneys go from which thoracic vertebral level to which lumbar vertebral level
T12-L3
N.B. Renal fascia must be incised in any surgical approach to kidney
Nothing
What two veins join the left renal vein?
Left suprarenal and left gonadal
Nutcracker effect is a cause of varicocele due to compression of the left renal vein between which two arteries?
Aorta and SMA
Perforation in spongy (anterior/bulbar)urethra will lead to blood accumulation in scrotum. what if busck fascia is torn?
Urine escapes into perineal space
Posterior urethral injury of the membranous urethra. Where does the urine leak?
Retropubic space
What lobe is BPH in?
Median/medial lobe. Basically periurethral. Whereas cancer is usually in posterior lobe