appendicular muscles

Question 1

What anterior thoracic muscles are synergistic and what do they do?

Answer 1

pectoralis minor and serratus anterior- protract and depress the scapula

Question 2

What complication could arise from a radial mastectomy?

Answer 2

paralysis of serratus anterior, winged scapula

Question 3

What are the posterior muscles that move the pectoral girdle/what do they all do?

Answer 3

adduct, elevate and retract the scapula

traps also draw head back and rhombs inferiorly rotate

Question 4

What is the prime arm extensor?

Answer 4

latissimus dorsi

Question 5

What is the prime mover of arm flexion?

Answer 5

pectoralis major

Question 6

What is the prime abductor of the arm?

Answer 6

deltoid

Question 7

How are the lats related to a weak heart?

Answer 7

Can cut the lats free from humerus and wrap aroudn heart to strengthen the cardiac muscle

Question 8

How are breast implants related to the chest muscles?

Answer 8

Often implanted behind the pectoralis major

Question 9

What muscle is synergistic to the pectoralis major?

Answer 9

corocobrachialis

Question 10

What muscle is synergistic with the lats?

Answer 10

teres major

Question 11

What two muscles are synergistic within the rotator cuff?

Answer 11

infraspinatus and teres minor, adduct and laterally rotate arm

Question 12

What muscle is most commonly injured in the rotator cuff and why?

Answer 12

supraspinatus because the tendon gets pinched by the acromion when the muscle is contracted

Question 13

What is tennis elbow?

Answer 13

lateral epicondylitis

Question 14

what is a powerful supinator of the forearm?

Answer 14

biceps brachii

Question 15

Where do muscles of the anterior compartment of the forearm generally originate and what do they do?

Answer 15

medial epicondyle of the humerus, flex the wrist, metacarpals and/or interphalangeals

Question 16

Where do the muscles of the posterior compartment of the forearm generally originate and what do they do?

Answer 16

the lateral epicondyle of the humerus and extend the wrist, metacarpals, interphalangeals

Question 17

The palmar surface of the carpal bones is covered by ______?

Answer 17

flexor retinaculum

Question 18

the tight space between the carpal bones and the flexor retinaculum is called the ___ ____

Answer 18

carpal tunnel

Question 19

Carpal tunnel syndrome results from compression of the ____ ___ and results in pain and ______ or pins and needles feeling

Answer 19

median nerve, parasthesia

Question 20

The ___ ___ partitions the thigh muscles into compartments, each with its own __ and __ supply

Answer 20

fascia lata, blood, nerve

Question 21

The ___ ___ extends from the lower spine that passes deep to the ___ ____ and merges with the ___ to for the ____

Answer 21

psoas major, inguinal ligament, iliacus, iliopsoas

Question 22

What muscle means “tailor” in latin and enables one to sit cross legged?

Answer 22

sartorius

Question 23

What muscle is the chief extensor of the thigh?

Answer 23

gluteus maximus

Question 24

Deep to the gluteus maximus is the ____ which is latin for __ ____ and can cause pressure on the ___ ___

Answer 24

piriformus, pear shaped, sciatic nerve

Question 25

4 muscles make up the ____ ____ which is the prime mover of __ ____

Answer 25

quadriceps femoris, knee extension

Question 26

The hamstrings all of a common ___ which is ___ ____ but different ___

Answer 26

origin, ischial tuberosity, insertions

Question 27

What muscle forms the tendon on the lateral side of the popliteal fossa?

Answer 27

biceps femoris

Question 28

What muscles form the medial margin of the popliteal and which is more prominant

Answer 28

semimembranosus and semitendinosis, tendonosis is more prominent

Question 29

What did the mongol hordes cut to incapacitate their enemies?

Answer 29

the hamstrings

Question 30

What muscle of the lower leg aids in leg flexion?

Answer 30

gastrocnemius

Question 31

What muscles are usually torn at their proximal attachments in a groin pull?

Answer 31

the adductor or iliopsoas muscles

Question 32

What is the primary dorsiflexor of the foot?

Answer 32

tiabialis anterior

Question 33

What muscles have the same insertion but antagonist actions?

Answer 33

tibialis and fibularis

Question 34

What are the gastrocnemius and soleus known as?

Answer 34

triceps surae

Question 35

What are 3 different causes of shin splints?

Answer 35

stress fracture of the tibia, inflammation of teh periosteum, tendonitis

Question 36

Why is compartment syndrome considered a medical emergency and what procedure can be done to relieve it?

Answer 36

hypoxia of the muscles, decompression fasciotomy, may need skin graft

Question 37

What are 3 places for IM injections

Answer 37

gluteus maximus (high and lateral), deltoid, vastus lateralis

Question 38

What is the medical term for a ministroke?

Answer 38

transient ischemic attack

Question 39

How is a TIA different from a stroke stroke?

Answer 39

the body’s clot dissolving system chews up wayward clots before the neurons die

Question 40

What was causing ellen’s frequent TIA?

Answer 40

a hole in her heart, or a patent forament ovule

Question 41

Why is a PFO concerning?

Answer 41

venous blood from the right atria can cross into the left and if there are clots, they can get into the carotid artery to the brain

Question 42

What is the concern with prescribing asprin?

Answer 42

can cause a small laceration to become life threaten because it is an anticlotting agent