Lecture 17 Flashcards
What are the components of apex of the axilla?
Medially: outer border of first rib
Anteriorly: clavicle
Posteriorly: Superior border of scapula
What are the components of the base/armpit of the axilla?
Posterior axillary fold: Latissiumus dorsi
Anterior axillary fold: Pectoralis major
Medial border: serratus anterior
Lateral border: medial aspect of humerus
What forms the anterior wall of the axilla?
Pectorals
What forms the posterior wall of the axilla?
subscapularis
What are the contents of the axilla?
Cords of bp Branches of bp axillary artery axillary vein lymph nodes lymphatics fat
What are the 5x groups of lymph nodes?
- Humeral/brachial
- Pectoral
- Posterior/Subscapula
- Central
- Apical
What is the function of the Humeral/brachial lymph nodes?
drains arm
What is the function of the Pectoral lymph nodes?
drains much of the breast
-important in the spread of carcinoma of that organ
What is the function of the Posterior/Subscapula lymph nodes?
drains upper part of trunk posteriorly
+
axillary tail of the breast
What is the function of the central lymph nodes?
receive from other groups
What is the function of the apical lymph nodes?
receive from all other groups
eventually drains into the thoracic duct/right lymphatic trunk
What is the plexus which innervates the upper limb?
Brachial plexus
What is the plexus that innervates the lower limb?
Lumbosacral plexus
What is the brachial plexus formed by?
ventral rami of spinal nerves
arising from C5-T1
Jumbling of nerve information leaving and coming back into vertebral canal (sensory and motor)
What does the anterior division of the brachial plexus supply?
Flexor compartments of the limb
What does the posterior division of the brachial plexus supply?
Extensor compartments of the limb
Where do the roots of the brachial plexus emerge from?
Between scalenus anterior + scalenus medius
Where do the trunks of the brachial plexus lie?
Lower part of the posterior traingle of the neck
What do the roots and trunks of the brachial plexus form?
Supraclavicular part of the plexus
Where are the division of the brachial plexus located?
behind the clavicle
Where are the cords of the brachial plexus formed?
Outer border of the first rib
enter apex with axillary artery and vein
What do the cords and branches form?
infraclavicular part of the plexus
What are the 3x names for the Cords in the brachial plexus?
Medial
Lateral
Posterior
What is the function of the terminal branches of the brachial plexus?
mixed sensory and motor nerves supplying the skin and muscles of the upper limb