Anatomy of the upper limb 10/10/18 Flashcards
What type of joints are the finger joints?
Hinge
What type of joint is the 1st MCP joint?
Saddle Joint
What 2 muscles are innervated by the spinal accessory nerve?
Trapezius
Sternocleidomastoid
What nerve innervates the Rhomboid minor and major?
Dorsal scapula nerve
What nerve supplies the serratus anterior muscle?
Long thoracic nerve
What nerve supplies the levator scapulae?
Dorsal scapula nerve
What is the function of the rotator cuff?
Keeps the humoural head in the glenoid fossa
What are the 4 rotator cuff muscles?
Supraspinatus
Infraspinatus
Teres minor
Subscapularis
What three rotator cuff muscles attach to the greater tuberosity?
Supraspinatus
Infraspinatus
Teres minor
Which rotator cuff muscle attaches to the lesser tuberosity?
Subscapularis
What muscle is responsible for the first 15 degrees of abduction?
Supraspinatus
Which rotator cuff is most likely to tear?
Supraspinatus
How much of the humeral head is present in the glenoid fossa at any time?
1/3rd
How many compartments in the arm?
2
Anterior
Posterior
What are the three muscles in the anterior compartment of the arm?
Biceps brachii
Brachialis
Coracobrachialis
What innervates the anterior compartment of the arm?
Musculocutaneous nerve
What is in the posterior compartment of the arm?
Triceps brachii
What innervates the posterior compartment of the arm?
Radial nerve
How many layers of the anterior compartment of the forearm?
3
What is in the superficial layer of the anterior compartment of the forearm?
Pronator teres
Flexor carpi radialis
Palmaris longus
Flexor carpi ulnaris
What muscle is in the intermediate layer in the anterior compartment of the arm?
Flexor digitorum superficialis
What is in the deep layer of the anterior compartment of the forearm?
Flexor pollicis longus
Flexor digitorum profundus
Pronator quadratus
What supplies the anterior compartment of the forearm?
Median nerve
What supplies flexor carpi ulnaris and flexor digitorum superficialis?
Ulnar nerve
How many layers are in the posterior compartment of the forearm?
2
superficial
Deep