MSK Flashcards
Order of carpal bones (lat to med by row)
scaphoid/lunate/triquetrum/pisiform
trapezium/trapezoid/capitate/hamate
Rotator cuff muscles and action
Supraspinatus-abduct
Infraspinatus-lat rotation
Teres minor-adduct/lat rotation
Subscapularis-adduct/med rotation
Brachial plexus segments
Roots-C5 to T1 Trunks-upper/mid/lower (Erb-Duchenne/Klumpke's lesion) Divisions Cords-lat/post/medial (wrist drop) Branches-MC/median/ulnar
Brachial plexus protection from clavicle fracture
Subclavius muscle
Dislocation of humeral head
unable to abduct the arm
Axillary n. (C5/C6)
dislocation or surgical neck fracture
Midshaft humeral fracture
unable to extend wrist
Radial n. (C5-T1)
brachioradialis/supinator/triceps/extensors
post arm/dorsal thumb & hand sensory deficit
Fracture of supracondylar humerus
unable to grab objects with hand
weak wrist flexion
Median n. (C5-C8, T1)
opposition of thumb/lat finger flexion/wrist flexion
palmar lat hand sensory deficit
Ape Hand/Pope’s blessing
Fracture of medial epicondyle of humerus
weak wrist flexion
Ulnar n. (C8, T1)
medial finger flexion/wrist flexion
hypothenar eminence sensory deficit
radial deviation on wrist flexion
Traumatic delivery of newborn
No abduction/lat rotation/pronation
Erb-Duchenne palsy
C5/C6 upper trunk
Thenar/hypothenar eminence atrophy
sensory deficit on medial forearm/hand
Klumpke’s palsy
C8/T1 inf trunk
Lesion with ulnar claw
loss of medial lumbrical function
cannot extend 4th/5th digits
due to ulnar nerve
Lesion with median claw
dislocated lunate/carpal tunnel
cannot extend 2nd/3rd digits
distal median n.
Pope’s blessing lesion
proximal median n. lesion
loss of lat finger flexion/thumb opposition
Ape hand lesion
proximal median nerve lesion
loss of opponens pollicis m. fxn
Winged scapula
lymphedema on ipsilateral side
Long thoracic n. (C5-C7)
loss of serratus ant fxn
Hand muscles innv by median n.
Opponens pollicis
abductor pollicis brevis
flexor pollicis brevis
Hand muscles innv by ulnar n.
Opponens digiti minimi
abductor digiti minimi
flexor digiti minimi
Loss of thigh adduction
obturator (L2-4) n.
ant hip dislocation
Loss of thigh flexion/leg extension
femoral (L2-4) n.
pelivc fracture
Foot drop
Common peroneal (L4-S3) knee trauma
Loss of thigh abduction
Sup gluteal (L4-S1) post hip dislocation
Trouble walking up stairs
can’t jump
Inf gluteal (L5-S2) post hip dislocation
Which band of sarcomere shortens with contraction?
H and I bands
A band remains constant
Skeletal m. contraction sequence
depolarization moves down T tubule
voltage sensitive dihydropyridine receptor/ryanodine receptor releases SER Ca2+
Ca2+ binds troponin C/myosin free to bind
mysosin releases ADP/power stroke
Fast twitch muscles
white color
anaerobic glycolysis
decreased myoglobin/mitochondria
Endochondral ossification
in axial/appendicular skeleton/base of skull bones
cartilage made first by chondrocytes
later replaced by lamellar bone (via osteoblasts/osteoclasts)
Membranous ossification
facial/calvarium bones
woven bones formed directly
47 y/o male
growth on tibia
glistening mass in medullary cavity
chondrosarcoma
malignant
Estrogen’s role in bone formation
inhibits apoptosis of osteoblasts
induces apoptosis of osteoclasts
AD
short limbs/lg head
assc with older father
Achondroplasia
FGFR3 mutation constitutive expression
Calcinosis Raynaud's dysphagia sclerodactyly telangiectasia
CREST syndrome
esophageal dysmotility (dysphagia)
anti-Centromere Ab
Thick, dense bones
multiple fractures
pancytopenia
facial n. palsy
Osteopetrosis/marble stone disease
defective osteoclasts
mutation of carbonic anhydrase II
bone marrow space filled (pancytopenia)