Elbow Region Flashcards
What bones and parts of bones make up the humero-ulnar joint?
- humerus (trochlea)
- ulna (trochlear notch)
What bones and parts of bones make up the humero-radial joint?
- humerus (capitulum)
- radius (radial fossa)
What bones and parts of bones make up the radio-ulnar joint?
- radial head
- radial notch of the ulna
What is “valgus”?
- when the distal angle of the joint moves away from midline
What is “varus”?
- when the distal segment of joint moves toward midline
What is included in the radius?
- head (toward elbow)
- neck
- radial tuberosity
- shaft
- ulnar notch
- styloid process
- dorsal tubercle = Lister’s tubercule
Where is the head of the ulna?
- towards the wrist
What does the Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) do?
- Restricts valgus force
- from medial epicondyle to coronoid & olecranon
What does the Radial/lateral collateral ligament (RCL) do?
- restricts varus force
- lateral epicondyle to anular ligament
What does the lateral ulnar collateral ligament (LUCL) do?
- prevents posterior dislocation of radial head
What does the anular ligament do?
- encircles the radial head
- connects it to the ulna
- medial head spins during pronation/supination
What is the primary muscle for supination?
Primary: Biceps Brachii
Secondary: Supinator
What is the primary action for pronation?
Primary: pronator quadratus
Secondary: pronator teres
List the muscles in the anterior portion of the forearm
Superficial
- pronator teres
- flexor carpi radialis
- palmaris longus
- flexor carpi ulnaris
Intermediate
- flexor digitorum superficialis
Deep
- flexor digitorum profundus
- flexor pollicis longus
- pronator quadratus
What are the compartments of the posterior functional arm?
- wrist extensors, abductors, adductors
- digit extensor
- thumb extensors & abductors
What muscles are in the wrist extensors, abductors, adductors compartment?
- extensor carpi radialis longus (ECRL)
- extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB)
- extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU)