Axilla and Arm Flashcards
What are the boudaries of the apex of the axilla?
- first rip
- clavicle
- superior edge of the scapula
What forms the base of the axilla?
Armpit
What forms the anterior axillary wall?
-Pectoralis major and minor
What are the borders of the quadrangular space?
- Surgical neck of the humerus
- Teres major
- Teres minor
- Long head of the triceps
What runs through the quadrangular space?
- Axillary Nerve
- Posterior humeral circumflex artery
What are the borders of the triangular space?
- Long head of the triceps
- Teres major
- Teres minor
What runs through the triangular space?
Circumflex scapular artery
What are the borders of the triceps hiatus?
- Teres major
- Long head of the triceps
- shaft of the humerus
What runs through the triceps hiatus?
- Profunda brachial artery
- Radial nerve
What are the proximal attachments of the Biceps Brachii?
Long head: Supraglenoid tubercle
Short Head: Coracoid Process
What are the distal attachments of the Biceps Brachii?
Both: Radial Tuberosity & bicipital aponeurosis
What are the proximal and distal attachments of the Coracobrachialis?
Proximal: Coracoid process
Distal: Mid shaft of the humerus
What movement does the coracobrachialis initiate?
flexing of the glenohumeral joint
What innervates the coracobracialis muscle?
musculocutaneous nerve
What are the proximal and distal attachments of the brachialis?
Proximal: Mid shaft of humerus
Distal: Ulnar tuberosity
What movement does the brachialis initiate?
flexes elbow joint
What innervates the brachialis?
musculocutaneous nerve
What movements does the biceps brachii iniitate?
- Flex elbow
- flex shoulder
- strong supinator
What innervates the serratus anterior?
Long thoracic nerve
What are the proximal attachments of the triceps brachii?
Long Head: Infraglenoid tubercle
Lateral & Medial Heads: Posterior humerus
What is the distal attachment of the triceps brachii?
Olecranon Process
What innervates the Biceps Brachii?
Musculocutaneous nerve