Lecture 10-Organization of Thoracic Limb and Shoulder Flashcards
The thoracic limbs are primarily adapted for____
Catching
Relative to the pelvic limbs the thoracic limbs are ____
Shorter and straighter
Attached to body via fibromuscular attachments
What is the shoulder joint made of and called
Bones: scapula and humerus
Gleno-numeral joint
What joints are in the elbow and what bones
Humero-ulnar, radio-humeral and radio-ulnar
Bones: Humerus, ulna, radius
What joints and bones make up the wrist
Radio-carpal, intercarpal, and carpo-metacarpal
Carpus, radius, metacarpals
Name for arm
Brachium
Name for forearm
Antebrachium
Name for wrist
Carpus
Name for forepaw
Manus
Rotation of forelimb
Forelimb rotates dorsally during development and then ventrally/pronates to bring palmar surface in contact with ground
What composes the pectoral girdle
Scapula, clavicle, and coracoid
Coracoid in some mammals
small process attached to scapula, above supraglenoid process
The clavicle connects
Limbs to thorax
Rotation that moves the Glenoid cranially will ____the limb
Advance the limb
Rotation that moves the glenoid ventrally will _____ the limb
Retract
What are the intrinsic muscles of the shoulder
Supraspinatus, infrapsinatus, teres minor, teres major, deltoideus, subscapularis, coracobrachialis
What are the intrinsic muscles of the lateral scapula and shoulder
Deltoideus (acromial and scapular), supraspinatus, teres major, infraspinatus
What are the intrinsic muscles of the medial scapula and shoulder
Subscapularis, teres major, coracobrachialis
What muscles elevate the scapula
Trapezius and rhomboideus
What muscles depress the scapula
Serrated ventralis
What muscles advance glenoid cranially
Trapezius, omonotransversarius, brachiocephalicus
What muscles retract glenoid ventrally
Trapezius, lattismus dorsi, pectoralis profundus