M Upper limb 1 - The shoulder Flashcards
What is the forearm?
elbow to wrist
What is the arm?
shoulder to elbow
What is the role of the sternoclavicular joint?
attaching the heavy upper limb to the rest of the body
Where do you take blood?
cubital fossa
What is the glenoid fossa a part of?
flat part of scapula
What are the 2 components of the shoulder?
- Pectoral girdle
2. Shoulder joint
What makes up the pectoral girdle?
Clavicle and the scapula (shoulder blade)
What makes up the shoulder joint?
glenohumeral joint
Where is the glenohumeral joint?
between glenoid fossa and head of humerus
What does the pectoral girdle do?
hold the upper limb and attaches it to the rest of the body
What are the important joints of the pectoral girdle?
- acromioclavicular joint
2. sternoclavicular joint
How is stability of the pectoral girdle maintained? (4)
muscles 1. rhomboids - major and minor 2, levator scapulae 3. trapezius 4. serratus anterior
What are the three movements of the pectoral girdle?
- elevation/ depression
- protraction/retraction
- abduction/ adduction
What muscles are involved in elevation/depression? (5)
- trapezius
- levator scapulae
- rhomboids
- pec major
- latissimus dorsi
What muscles are involved in protraction and retraction? (4)
- trapezius - inferior
- serratus anterior
- pec major
- pec minor
What muscles are involved in abduction and adduction? (1)
- trapezius - middle
GRAVITY
What is winged scapula?
happens when the long thoracic nerve which innervates the serratus anterior is damaged.
Serratus anteiror is paralysed and the scapula sticks out
This is because the role of the serratus anterior is to hold the scapula in place.
Where does the long thoracic nerve come from?
brachial plexus
What can cause winged scapula? (3)
- penetrating injuries
- iatrogenic
- neuritis
What type of joint is the glenohumeral (shoulder) joint?
ball and socket joint
between head of humerus and glenoid fossa of scapula
What helps the stability of the joint? (4)
- glenoid labrum
- ligaments
- biceps tendon
- rotator cuff muscles
Where is the glenohumeral joint weakest?
inferiorly
Why is the glenohumeral joint prone to dislocation?
only in contact with 1/3 of humerus therefore unstable
incongruency
What are the ligaments of the glenohumeral joint? (3)
- glenohumeral - sup, mid and inf
- coracohumeral
- transverse humeral