Identify the main landmarks for each bone in the upper limb, from the shoulder girdle to the wrist, on the living patient and radiologically Flashcards
How do you identify the tip of the coronoid process on the living patient?
by palpating in the deltopectoral triangle
(bounded by the pectoralis major, the clavicle and the deltoid)
Where would you find the greater tubercle on the humerus?
Lateral in the head of the humerus
Locate the acromion, clavicle, coracoid process, lateral border of scapula and inferior border of scapula
Identify the greater tubercle, head of humerus, anatomical neck, surgical neck, intertubercular sulcus, medial epicondyle, olecranon fossa, lateral epicondyle, trochlea, and capiyulum
Which bony landmark is identifiable on the posterior side of the scapula?
Spine of scapula
What 5 bony landmarks can be identified from the anterior aspect of the humerus?
- Lesser tubercle
- lateral lip of the intertubercular groove
- medial lip of the intertubercular groove
- floor of the intertubercular groove
- coronoid fossa
Identify the hamate, pisiform, triquetral, lunate, capitate, scaphoid, trapezium and trapezoid
Identify the capitulum, medial epicondyle, radial fossa, trochlea, coronoid fossa, olecranon fossa, and lateral epicondyle
Identify these bony landmarks
Which 2 bony landmarks can be identified on the posterior aspect of the radius and ulna?
- dorsal tubercle of radius
- olecranon process
Identify these bony landmarks
Identify the hamate, pisiform, triquetral, lunate, capitate, scaphoid, trapezium and trapezoid
What is the difference between the anatomocal neck and the surgical neck of the humerus?
- The anatomical neck is between the head and the tubercles
- the surgical neck is between the tubercles and the shaft
What 8 ‘bony landmarks’ can be identified on the wrist?
- Trapezium
- trapezoid
- capitate
- hamate
- pisiform
- triquetrum
- lunate
- scaphoid
What is this pointing to?
dorsal tubercle of radius
Identify the olecranon, radial tuberosity, ulna tuberosity, ulna, ulnar styloid process, radial styloid process, radius, head of radius and neck of radius.
Identify the anatomical neck, greater tuberosity, surgical neck, humeral head, intertubercular groove, lesser tuberosity and deltoid tuberosity
What bones does this mnemonic associate with?
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- S: scaphoid
- L: lunate
- T: trapezium
- P: pisiform
- T: trapezoid
- T: triquetrum
- C: capitate
- H: hamate
What are 8 bony landmarks that can be seen from any angle of the humerus?
- humeral head
- anatomical neck
- surgical neck
- greater tubercle
- medial epicondyle
- lateral epicondyle
- trochlea
- capitulum
How do you identify the spine of the scapula on the living patient?
it is palpable along its length on the posterior aspect of the shoulder
Which bony landmark lies superior to the radial nerve on the posterior humerus?
spiral groove
Identify the Olecranon process, trochlear notch, ulnar tuberosity, radial tuberosity, radial neck, radial styloid process and ulna styloid process
What 4 bony landmarks can be identified from any angle of the radius and ulna?
- head of radius
- neck of radius
- styloid process of radius
- styloid process of ulna
Where would you find the lesser tubercle on the humerus?
it lies medial to the intertubercular sulcus
Locate the acromion, acromioclavicular joint, coracoid, glenoid fossa and humeral head
The medial border, lateral border, inferior angle, superior angle and acromion process are all bony landmarks of which bone in the upper limb?
The scapula
Which bony landmark can be identified from the anterior aspect of the radius and ulna?
bicipital tuberosity
What are the 6 bony landmarks identifiable on the anterior aspect of the scapula?
- coracoid process
- clavicle
- glenoid fossa
- supraglenoid tubercle
- infraglenoid tubercle
What 2 bony landmarks can be seen from the posterior aspect of the humerus?
- spiral groove
- olecranon fossa
How do you identify the acromion process on the living patient?
it’s palpable superior to the deltoid muscle
