Anatomy Review Q's (Upper Limbs) Flashcards
Anatomy of the Shoulder region 1 (1-19) Anatomy of the Shoulder region 2 (20-36) Anatomy of the Axilla & Arm (37-66) Anatomy of the Brachial Plexus (67-78) Anatomy of the Forearm (79-109) Anatomy of the Elbow, Radioulnar, & Wrist joints (110-126) Functional Anatomy of the Hand (127-163) Development of the Musculoskeletal System (164-187)
Which portion of the pectoral girdle is incomplete?
a. anterior
b. posterior
b. posterior
there’re no bones connecting the scapulas together
Which of the following best describes the shape of the clavicle?
a. X shaped
b. Y shaped
c. S shaped
d. C shaped
c. S shaped
Which site of the clavicle is the most susceptible to fractures?
a. 1/2 from the medial side and 1/2 from the lateral side
b. 2/3 from the medial side and 1/3 from the lateral side
c. 1/3 from the medial side and 2/3 from the lateral side
b. 2/3 from the medial side and 1/3 from the lateral side
Which of the following is more superior?
a. acromion
b. coracoid
a. acromion
Which of these ribs does the scapula overly?
a. 1-7
b. 2-7
c. 3-7
d. 3-8
b. 2-7
Which of the following causes pain when leaning back on a chair?
a. acromial fracture
b. coracoid process fracture
c. scapular winging
d. glenoid fracture
c. scapular winging
Which site if the humerus is the most susceptible to fractures?
a. anatomical neck
b. surgical neck
c. greater tubercle
d. lesser tubercle
b. surgical neck
What’s the function of the sternoclavicular joint?
a. ball and socket
b. saddle
c. fibrocartilage
a. ball and socket
its a saddle joint that acts as a ball and socket
Which of the following ligaments prevents shoulder dislocation?
a. coracoacromial ligament
b. coracoclavicular ligament
c. acromioclavicular joint
b. coracoclavicular ligament
Which of the following causes shoulder separation?
a. posterior falling
b. anterior falling
c. lateral falling
d. falling upsidedown
c. lateral falling
How much of the humeral head is accepted by the glenoid cavity?
a. 1/4
b. 1/3
c. 1/2
d. all of it
b. 1/3
Which of the following is the most common shoulder dislocation?
a. anterior dislocation
b. posterior dislocation
a. anterior dislocation
T/F: lateral and medial rotation depend heavily on the forearm movement
F, they depend on the glenohumeral joint
Which of the following bursa’s is connected to the shoulder joint?
a. subacromial bursa
b. subdeltoid bursa
c. subscapular bursa
c. subscapular bursa
Which of the following is the most dangerous shoulder dislocation?
a. anterior dislocation
b. posterior dislocation
b. posterior dislocation
because it affects the vessels etc behind it
Which of the following ligaments protects against the superior dislocation of the humerus?
a. coracohumeral ligament
b. superior glenohumeral ligament
c. transverse humoral ligament
a. coracohumeral ligament
What supplies blood to the glenohumeral joint?
a. thoracoacromial artery
b. humeral artery
c. subscapular artery
b. humeral artery
Which border of the scapula is also known as the axillary border?
a. superior border
b. medial border
c. lateral border
c. lateral border
What’s true about the articular disc?
a. made from hyaline cartilage
b. helps in range of movement
b. helps in range of movement
it’s fibrocartilage
Which of the following is most likely to be medial & superior?
a. insertion of muscle
b. origin of muscle
b. origin of muscle
Which of the following does initiates abduction?
a. serratus anterior
b. trapezius
c. subscapularis
d. supraspinatus
d. supraspinatus
Which of the following can medially and laterally rotate the arm?
a. serratus anterior
b. trapezius
c. subscapularis
d. deltoid
d. deltoid
Which of the following is most likely to be lateral & distal?
a. insertion of muscle
b. origin of muscle
a. insertion of muscle
A patient comes in complaining that he can’t raise his hand except when he leans to the side. What’s most likely issue?
a. subscapular nerve
b. accessory nerve
c. cervical nerve
d. suprascapular nerve
d. suprascapular nerve
Which of the following functions to depress the clavicle?
a. pectoralis major
b. pectoralis minor
c. subscapularis
d. serratus anterior
e. subclavius
e. subclavius
Which of the following is known as the boxer’s muscle?
a. pectoralis major
b. pectoralis minor
c. subscapularis
d. serratus anterior
e. subclavius
d. serratus anterior
Which can laterally rotate the arm?
a. infraspinatus
b. teres major
c. latissimus dorsi
a. infraspinatus
Which TWO of the following are innervated by the axillary nerve?
a. deltoid
b. teres minor
c. subclavius
d. pectoralis minor
a. deltoid
&
b. teres minor
Which of the following medially rotates the arm?
a. teres minor
b. teres major
b. teres major
Which of the following adducts the arm?
a. subscapularis
b. supraspinatus
a. subscapularis
Whats the main function of latissmus dorsi?
a. abduction
b. adduction
c. lateral rotation of humerus
b. adduction
Which of the following does the trapezius muscle aid in?
a. abduction
b. adduction
c. lateral rotation of humerus
a. abduction
Which of the following is innervated by the accessory nerve?
a. deltoid
b. teres minor
c. subclavius
d. trapezius
d. trapezius
Which of the following is NOT innervated by the suprascapular nerve?
a. infraspinatus
b. supraspinatus
c. teres major
c. teres major
teres major innervated by subscapular nerve
Which of the following innervates the infraspinatus muscle?
a. suprascapular
b. subscapular
a. suprascapular
Which of the following innervates teres major?
a. suprascapular
b. subscapular
b. subscapular
Which of the following bounds the axilla medially?
a. pectoralis major
b. pectoralis minor
c. subscapularis
d. serratus anterior
d. serratus anterior
Which of the following bounds the axilla anteriorly?
a. pectoralis major
b. humerus
c. latissimus dorsi
d. scapula
a. pectoralis major
Which of the following bounds the axilla laterally?
a. pectoralis major
b. humerus
c. latissimus dorsi
d. scapula
b. humerus
Which of the following bounds the axilla posteriorly?
a. teres major
b. teres minor
c. latissimus dorsi
d. humerus
a. teres major
The branch of the subclavian artery passed the lateral margin of rib 1. What is it called now?
a. profunda brachii
b. brachial artery
c. axillary artery
c. axillary artery
The branch of the subclavian artery passed the lateral margin of rib 1, as well as the pectoralis minor muscle. What is it called now?
a. part 1 of axillary artery
b. part 2 of axillary artery
c. part 3 of axillary artery
d. profunda brachii
c. part 3 of axillary artery
The branch of the subclavian artery passed the lateral margin of rib 1, the pectoralis minor muscle, and the lateral border of teres major. What is it called now?
a. profunda brachii
b. brachial artery
c. part 1 of axillary artery
d. axillary artery
b. brachial artery
What happens if the axillary artery was cut below (distal) the subscapular branch?
a. blood flow to limb continues
b. blood flow to limb stops
b. blood flow to limb stops
Which of the following is most likely affected during an axial wound?
a. axillary artery
b. axillary vein
b. axillary vein
Which TWO of the following join to form the axillary vein?
a. humoral vein
b. brachial vein
c. cephalic vein
d. basilic vein
b. brachial vein
&
d. basilic vein
Where will the lymphatic vessels ascending with the basilic vein terminate?
a. apical apical axillary lymph nodes
b. humoral axillary lymph nodes
b. humoral axillary lymph nodes
Where will the lymphatic vessels ascending with the cephalic vein terminate?
a. apical axillary lymph nodes
b. humoral axillary lymph nodes
a. apical axillary lymph nodes
injury to which of the following nerves causes scapular winging?
a. long thoracic nerve
b. thoracodorsal nerve
c. medial pectoral nerve
a. long thoracic nerve
Which of the following humoral grooves is also known as the bicipital groove?
a. radial groove
b. intertubercular groove
b. intertubercular groove
Which of the following is affected when the lateral supracondylar fracture occurs?
a. axillary nerve
b. ulnar nerve
c. radial nerve
d. median nerve
d. median nerve
Which of the following is affected when a fracture of the medial epicondyle occurs?
a. axillary nerve
b. ulnar nerve
c. radial nerve
d. median nerve
b. ulnar nerve
What innervates the posterior aspect/compartment of the arm?
a. radial nerve
b. musculocutaneous nerve
a. radial nerve
What innervates the anterior aspect/compartment of the arm?
a. radial nerve
b. musculocutaneous nerve
b. musculocutaneous nerve
Which of the following is most likely affected when a fracture in the shaft occurs?
a. axillary nerve
b. ulnar nerve
c. radial nerve
d. median nerve
c. radial nerve
Which of the following is most likely affected when a fracture of the surgical neck occurs?
a. axillary nerve
b. ulnar nerve
c. radial nerve
d. median nerve
a. axillary nerve
Which of the following muscles helps resist shoulder dislocation?
a. anconeus
b. brachialis
c. coracocobrachialis
d. long head of biceps
e. short head of biceps
e. short head of biceps
The anconeus muscle helps in pronation. Which of the following bones does it use to do this?
a. radius
b. ulna
b. ulna
Which of the following does the axillary nerve pass though?
a. triangular space
b. quadrangular space
c. triangular interval
b. quadrangular space
Which of the following does the branch of the subscapular artery pass though?
a. triangular space
b. quadrangular space
c. triangular interval
a. triangular space
Which of the following does the humeral circumflex artery pass though?
a. triangular space
b. quadrangular space
c. triangular interval
b. quadrangular space
Which of the following does the radial nerve pass though?
a. triangular space
b. quadrangular space
c. triangular interval
c. triangular interval
Which of the following does the profunda brachii pass though?
a. triangular space
b. quadrangular space
c. triangular interval
c. triangular interval
In quadrilateral syndrome, which nerve is affected?
a. axillary nerve
b. ulnar nerve
c. radial nerve
d. median nerve
a. axillary nerve
Which of the following is superiorly bound by teres major?
a. triangular space
b. quadrangular space
c. triangular interval
c. triangular interval
the rest are both bound superiorly by teres minor
Which of the following is laterally bound by the humerus shaft?
a. triangular space
b. quadrangular space
c. triangular interval
b. quadrangular space
Which of the following innervates the skin over the lower half of the deltoid muscle?
a. axillary nerve
b. median nerve
c. ulnar nerve
d. musculocutaneous nerve
a. axillary nerve
Which muscles are used to test the function of the axillary nerve?
a. subscapularis
b. teres minor
c. subclavius
d. pectoralis minor
b. teres minor
deltoid too
Which of the following innervates the lateral forearm skin?
a. axillary nerve
b. median nerve
c. ulnar nerve
d. musculocutaneous nerve
e. radial nerve
d. musculocutaneous nerve
Which of the following innervates the medial aspect of the flexor digitorum profundus muscle?
a. axillary nerve
b. median nerve
c. ulnar nerve
d. musculocutaneous nerve
e. radial nerve
c. ulnar nerve
the anterior interosseous nerve, which is a median nerve branch, innervates the lateral half of it
Which of the following innervates the coracobrachialis?
a. axillary nerve
b. median nerve
c. ulnar nerve
d. musculocutaneous nerve
e. radial nerve
d. musculocutaneous nerve
Which of the following innervates most of the anterior forearm compartment?
a. axillary nerve
b. median nerve
c. ulnar nerve
d. musculocutaneous nerve
e. radial nerve
b. median nerve
Which of the following innervates most of the intrinsic hand muscles?
a. axillary nerve
b. median nerve
c. ulnar nerve
d. musculocutaneous nerve
e. radial nerve
c. ulnar nerve
A patient felt numbness and tingling on the distal 2/3 of his middle finger. Which nerve is most likely responsible?
a. axillary nerve
b. median nerve
c. ulnar nerve
d. musculocutaneous nerve
e. radial nerve
b. median nerve