Anatomy Trivia Flashcards
Fat absorption and digestion site
Jejunum
Sole abductor of vocal cords
Posterior cricoarytenoids
Tensor of vocal folds
Cricothyroid
Cavernous sinus
Direct: ICA and CN VI Lateral: CN III, IV, V1, V2 Connected: facial vein and inferior ophthalmic vein
Longest and heaviest bone
Femur
No muscle or tendinous attachments
Talus
Longest metatarsal
2nd
Chief thigh flexor
Iliopsoas (L1-L3)
Referred pain from phrenic nerve
Supraclavicular n. (C3-4)
Largest artery to the stomach
Left gastric (then right gastroepiploic)
Longest muscle
Sartorius
Most slender cranial nerve
Trochlear (CN IV)
Kicking muscle
Rectus femoris
Great extensor of leg
Quadratus femoris (L2-L4)
Largest nerve in body
Sciatic nerve
“Spring in the step”
Flexor hallucis longus
Main artery of foot
Posterior tibial
Main artery to toes
Dorsalis pedis
No discs
C1, C2, Sacrum, coccyx
Largest nutrient artery
Nutrient artery of tibia
Cutaneous nerve that supplies the most skin
Posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh
Chief extensor of the vertebral column
Erector spinae (iliocostalis, longissimus, spinalis)
“Capitis” muscle with no attachment to skull
Obliquus capitis inferior (inferior oblique)
“Standing at ease”
Hamstrings (semitendinosus, semimembranosus, long head of biceps femoris)
Leg compartment with no artery
Lateral
Pelvic avascular planes
Lateral paravesical, lateral pararectal, retropubic (space of Retzius), vesicovaginal, rectovaginal, presacral
Posterior compartment nerve
Tibial nerve
Protects brachial plexus
Subclavius muscle
Protects against humeral dislocation
Triceps
Rotator cuff muscle that does not rotate shoulder
Supraspinatus (abducts the arm)
Narrowest portion of small intestine
Terminal ileum (site of gallstone ileus)
Origin of cystic artery (90%)
Right hepatic artery
“Winged scapula”
Long thoracic nerve injury (Serratus anterior)
First bone to ossify
Clavicle (also the last to finish ossification)
Empties urethra after micturition/ejaculation
Bulbospongiosus
Section of the gut with double blood supply
Duodenum
Valveless
IVC, common iliacs, portal vein, cranial sinuses
Vertebra with longest spinous process
C7 (not bifid)
Vertebrae with transverse foramina
Cervical