Mid-term spotter Flashcards
What muscles are involved in shoulder abduction?
- Deltoid (middle)
- Supraspinatus
What muscles are involved in shoulder adduction?
- Pec major (sternal head)
- Latissimus dorsi
- Coracobrachialis
- Teres major
- Subscapularis
- Triceps brachii
What muscles are involved in shoulder extension?
- Deltoid (posterior)
- Latissimus dorsi
- Trapezius (upper)
- Triceps brachii
What muscles are involved in shoulder flexion?
- Pec major (clavicular head)
- Deltoid (anterior)
- Corachobrachialis
What muscles are involved in medial rotation of shoulder?
- Subscapularis
- Deltoid (anterior)
- Pec major
- Latissimus dorsi
- Teres major
What muscles are involved in lateral rotation of shoulder?
- Infraspinatus
- Deltoid (posterior)
- Teres minor
- Trapezius (lower)
What muscles are involved in extension of elbow?
- Triceps brachii
- Anconeus
What muscles are involved in flexion of elbow?
- Brachialis
- Biceps brachii
- Pronator teres
- Brachioradialis
What muscles are involved in elbow and wrist pronation?
- Pronator quadratus
- Pronator teres
- Brachioradialis
- Flexor carpi
- Anconeus
What muscles are involved in elbow and wrist supination?
- Supinator
- Biceps brachii
- Brachioradialis
- Abductor pollicis longus
- Extensor pollicis longus
What muscles are involved in wrist abduction?
- Carpi radialis
- Abductor pollicis longus
- Extensor pollicis brevis
- Flexor pollicis longus
What muscles are involved in wrist adduction?
- Carpi ulnaris
- Extensor digitorum
- Extensor digiti minimi - Extensor pollicis longus
What muscles are involved in wrist flexion?
- Flexors (except pollicis & digiti minimi)
- Palmaris longus
- Abductor pollicis longus
- Extensor pollicis longus
What muscles are involved in wrist extension?
- Extensor carpi
- Anconeus
What muscles are involved in finger abduction?
- Dorsal interossei
- Abductor pollicis brevis
- Abductor pollicis longus
- Abductor digiti minimi
What muscles are involved in finger adduction?
- Palmar interossei
- Adductor pollicis
What muscles are involved in finger extension?
- Extensors (except carpis)
- Abductor pollicis longus
- Palmar interossei (IP)
- Dorsal interossei (IP)
- Lumbricals (IP)
What muscles are involved in finger flexion?
- Flexor pollicis
- Flexor digitorum
- Lumbricals (MCP)
- Palmar interossei (MCP)
- Dorsal interossei (MCP
What muscles are involved in medial rotation of fingers?
- Opponens pollicis
What muscles are involved in lateral rotation of fingers?
- Extensor pollicis longus
- Opponens digiti minimi
Classify the sternoclavicular joint and give its degree of freedom.
- Atypical synovial saddle joint
- 3°
Classify the acromioclavicular joint and give its degree of freedom.
- Atypical synovial plane joint
- 1°
Classify the glenohumeral joint and give its degree of freedom.
- Typical synovial ball & socket joint
- 3°
Classify the elbow joint and give its degree of freedom.
- Typical synovial hinge joint
- 1°
Classify the proximal radioulnar joint and give its degree of freedom.
- Typical pivot joint
- 1°
Classify the distal radioulnar joint and give its degree of freedom.
- Typical pivot joint
- 1°
Classify the radiocarpal joint and give its degree of freedom.
- Typical synovial ellipsoid joint
- 2°
What muscles are in the anterior compartment of arm?
- biceps brachii
- brachialis
- coracobrachialis
What is the blood supply for the anterior compartment of arm?
Brachial artery
What muscles are in the posterior compartment of arm?
- triceps brachii
- anconeus
What is the blood supply for the posterior compartment of arm?
Deep brachial artery
What are the superficial muscles in the anterior compartment of forearm?
- Pronator teres
- Flexor carpi radialis
- Flexor carpi ulnaris
- Palmaris longus
- Flexor digitorum superficialis
What are the superficial muscles in the posterior compartment of forearm?
- Brachioradialis
- Extensor carpi radialis longus
- Extensor carpi radialis brevis
- Extensor digitorum
- Extensor digiti minimi
- Extensor carpi ulnaris
What are the deep muscles in the posterior compartment of forearm?
- Abductor pollicis longus
- Extensor pollicis brevis
- Extensor pollicis longus
- Extensor indicis
- Supinator
What innervates the posterior compartment of arm?
Radial nerve
What innervates the anterior compartment of arm?
Musculocutaneous nerve
What innervates most of the anterior compartment of forearm?
Median nerve
What innervates the posterior compartment of forearm?
Radial nerve
What are the exceptions to the innervation of the anterior compartment of forearm by the median nerve?
Medial part of the flexor digitorum profundus and flexor carpi ulnaris muscles
What are the exceptions to the innervation of the anterior compartment of forearm by the median nerve?
- Medial part of the flexor digitorum profundus - ulnar nerve
- Flexor carpi ulnaris muscles - muscular branches of ulnar nerve
What is a Smith’s fracture?
A complete INWARD fracture of the radius
What muscles adduct the humerus?
- Pectoralis major
- Latissimus dorsi
- Teres major
- Triceps
- Coracobrachialis
What muscles abduct the humerus?
- Supraspinatus
- Deltoid
- Trapezius
- Serratus anterior
What muscles laterally rotates the humerus?
- Infraspinatus
- Teres minor
What muscles laterally rotates the humerus?
- Infraspinatus
- Teres minor
What muscles medially rotates the humerus?
- Subscapularis
- Teres major
What muscles cause radial deviation?
- Flexor Carpi Radialis.
- Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus.
- Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis.
What muscles cause ulnar deviation?
- Flexor Carpi Ulnaris.
- Extensor Carpi Ulnaris.
Biceps brachii long head origin
Supraglenoid tubercle of scapula
Biceps brachii long head insertion
Radial tuberosity, fascia of forearm via bicipital aponeurosis
Biceps brachii long head innervation
Musculocutaneous nerve
Biceps brachii long head blood supply
Muscular branches of brachial artery
Biceps brachii long head actions
Flexes and supinates forearm at elbow
Biceps brachii short head origin
Coracoid process of scapula
Biceps brachii short head insertion
Radial tuberosity, fascia of forearm via bicipital aponeurosis
Biceps brachii short head innervation
Musculocutaneous nerve
Biceps brachii short head blood supply
Muscular branches of brachial artery
Biceps brachii short head actions
Flexes and supinates forearm at elbow
Brachialis origin
Distal half of anterior surface of humerus
Brachialis insertion
Coronoid process and tuberosity of ulna
Brachialis innervation
Musculocutaneous nerve and radial nerve
Brachialis blood supply
Radial recurrent artery, muscular branches of brachial artery
Brachialis actions
Flexes forearm at elbow
Brachioradialis origin
Proximal 2/3 of lateral supracondylar ridge of humerus
Brachioradialis insertion
Lateral side of distal end of radius
Brachioradialis innervation
Radial nerve
Brachioradialis blood supply
Radial recurrent artery
Brachioradialis actions
Weak flexion of forearm when forearm is midpronated
Coracobrachialis origin
Coracoid process of scapula
Coracobrachialis insertion
Middle third of medial surface of humerus
Coracobrachialis innervation
Musculocutaneous nerve
Coracobrachialis blood supply
Muscular branches of brachial artery
Coracobrachialis actions
Flexes and adducts arm at shoulder
Deltoid origin
Lateral third of clavicle, acromion, spine of scapula
Deltoid insertion
Deltoid tuberosity of humerus
Deltoid innervation
Axillary nerve
Deltoid blood supply
Posterior circumflex humeral artery, deltoid branch of thoracoacromial artery
Deltoid actions
shoulder abduction, flexion and extension
Trapezius origin
External occipital protuberance and superior nuchal line of the back of the skull – ligamentum nuchae – spine processes of all
thoracic vertebra T1 to T12
Trapezius insertion
upper - clavicle and acromion of scapula;
middle - spine of scapula;
lower - base of the spine of scapula
Trapezius blood supply
- The transverse cervical artery
- The dorsal scapular artery,
- The posterior intercostal arterial branches.
Trapezius innervation
Spinal part of the accessory nerve
Trapezius actions
Elevates, retracts, rotates the scapula
Latissimus dorsi origin
T7 to L5 spinous processes – thoracolumbar fascia –
posterior superior iliac spine and posterior iliac crest
Latissimus dorsi insertion
The floor of the intertubercular groove of the humerus
Latissimus dorsi blood supply
Thoracodorsal artery
Latissimus dorsi innervation
Thoracodorsal nerve
Latissimus dorsi actions
Adducts and medially rotates the humerus – raises the trunk – powerful extensor of the humerus from the flexed position
Rhomboid major and minor origin
Spines of upper six thoracic vertebra
Rhomboid major and minor insertion
Dorsal surface of medial border of scapula rhomboid minor above and major below
Rhomboid major and minor actions
Elevates / retracts the scapula
Rhomboid major and minor nerve supply
Dorsal scapular nerve
Rhomboid major and minor blood supply
Dorsal scapular artery
Levator scapulae origin
3 to 4 slips passing from transverse tubercles C1-C4
Levator scapulae insertion
Superior angle of scapula
Levator scapulae innervation
Direct branches from cervical plexus C3, C4
Levator scapulae actions
Elevates the scapula
Levator scapulae blood supply
Dorsal scapular artery
Teres major origin
Inferior angle dorsal surface of scapula
Teres major insertion
Medial lip intertubercular groove humerus
Teres major innervation
Lower subscapular nerve C6, C7
Teres major blood supply
Subscapular and circumflex scapular arteries
Teres major actions
Adduction & medial rotation of the humerus
Teres minor origin
Lateral border of the scapula
Teres minor innervation
Axillary nerve
Teres minor insertion
Inferior facet of greater tubercle of the humerus
Teres minor blood supply
Subscapular and circumflex scapular artery
Teres minor actions
Adduction and lateral rotation of humerus
Supraspinatus origin
Supraspinous fossa scapula
Supraspinatus insertion
Upper facet greater tubercle of humerus
Supraspinatus innervation
Suprascapular nerve (upper trunk)
Supraspinatus blood supply
Suprascapular artery
Supraspinatus actions
Initiation of abduction + part of ‘rotator cuff’