Dissection Guide Flash Cards

Question 1

Which nerve innervates the trapezius?

Answer 1

Spinal accessory nerve (cranial nerve XI) 11

Question 2

What innervates the deltoid? What supplies blood to deltoid?

Answer 2

The axillary nerve and posterior circumflex humeral artery

Question 3

What nerve innervates the serratus anterior?

Answer 3

Long thoracic

Question 4

What innervates the latissimus Dorsi?

Answer 4

The thoracodorsal nerve

Question 5

What nerve innervates the rhomboid muscles and levator scapulae?

Answer 5

Dorsal scapular n

Question 6

What nerve runs with the brachial artery?

Answer 6

Median nerve

Question 7

What are the branches of the scapular artery?

Answer 7

Thoracodorsal and circumflex scapular

Question 8

What are the three terminal branches of the lateral cord?

Answer 8

The lateral pectoral nerve, the lateral contribution to the median nerve, and the musculocutaneous nerve

Question 9

What does the musculocutaneous nerve branch into?

Answer 9

The lateral cutaneous nerve of the forearm

Question 10

What are the medial cords terminal branches? How many are there?

Answer 10

5: the medial pectoral nerve, ulnar, medial contribution to the median nerve, the medial antebrachial cutaneous, and medial brachial cutaneous

Question 11

What are the branches of the posterior cord? How many are there?

Answer 11

5: radial nerve, thoracodorsal nerve, lower subscapular, upper subscapular nerve, and axillary

Question 12

What innervates the serratus anterior?

Answer 12

Long thoracic nerve

Question 13

What are the branches of the brachial artery?

Answer 13

Radial and ulnar

Question 14

What are the two branches of the radial nerve? Where can you find them?

Answer 14

Superficial branch of the radial nerve which accompanied the radial artery.
The deep branch of the radial nerves pierces the supination muscle

Question 15

What are the superficial flexors of the forearm? How many are there?

Answer 15

5: the probate teres, flexor carpi rafialis, palmarjs longus, flexor carpi ulnaris, and flexor digitorum superficialis

Question 16

What does the median nerve branch into?

Answer 16

Anterior interosseous nerve

Question 17

What are the deep flexors muscles of the forearm?

Answer 17

Flexor digitorum profundus, flexor pollicis longus, and pronator quadratus

Question 18

Where do the motor branches of the ulnar nerve go to?

Answer 18

Flexor carpi ulnaris and the medial half of the flexor digitorum profundus

Question 19

What are the 3 branches of the ulnar and what do they do?

Answer 19

The dorsal branch is purely sensory to the dorsal aspect of the medial hand and medial one and one half fingers
The superficial branch of the ulnar nerve is sensory to the palmar aspect of medial hand and medial one and one half fingers.
The deep branch of the ulnar nerve is motor to the intrinsic muscle of the hand excluding those supplied by median nerve

Question 20

What does the common interosseous artery arise from? Where does it pass through and what does it divide into?

Answer 20

It arises from the ulnar artery. It passes backward to the upper border of the interosseous membrane. It divides into the anterior and posterior interosseous

Question 21

What muscles are in the hypothenar?

Answer 21

Abductor digiti minimi, flexor digiti minimi, opponena digiti minimi

Question 22

What are the thenar muscles?

Answer 22

Abductor pollicis brevis, opponens pollicis, and flexor pollicis brevis

Question 23

What branches does the superficial ulnar nerve give to?

Answer 23

Palmar branches that supply cutaneous innervation to fourth and fifth digits.
Deep branches that innervates intrinsic muscles of the hand

Question 24

Where can you find the recurrent branch of the median nerve?

Answer 24

It passes over the superficial aspect of the pollicis brevis

Question 25

What do the palmar interossei do?

Answer 25

Adduct

Question 26

What do the dorsal interossei do?

Answer 26

Abduct

Question 27

What are the muscles of the extensors of the forearm? How many are there?

Answer 27

7: brachioradialis, extensor carpi raidalis longus and brevis, extensor carpi ulnaris, extensor digitorum, extensor digiti minimi, anconeus

Question 28

What are the deep extensors of the forearm, how many are there?

Answer 28

5: supinator, extensor indices, extensor pollicis longus and brevis, abductor pollicis longus

Question 29

What nerve and artery run between the superficial and deep group of the forearm extensors?

Answer 29

Th posterior interosseous nerve and artery

Question 30

What is the saphenous nerve a branch of?

Answer 30

Femoral nerve

Question 31

What is the branch of the descending genicular artery?

Answer 31

The saphenous artery

Question 32

What artery vein and nerve emerge inferior to piriformis and then enter the lesser sciatic foramen?

Answer 32

The internal pudendal artery and vein and nerve

Question 33

What gives rise to the aural artery?

Answer 33

The popliteal

Question 34

What three branches do the popliteal artery give off?

Answer 34

Anterior and posterior tibial and fibular

Question 35

What does he sciatic nerve bifurcate into?

Answer 35

Common fibular and tibial nerves

Question 36

What does the common fibular nerve branch into?

Answer 36

Superficial and deep fibular nerve

Question 37

What attaches to the anterior superior iliac spine?

Answer 37

The sartorius muscle

Question 38

What muscle attached to the ischial tuberosity?

Answer 38

Hamstrings