MSK

Question 1

What do the muscles in the anterior compartment of the thigh do?

Answer 1

flex the hip and extend the knee

Question 2

where do muscles normally contract towards

Answer 2

their origin

Question 3

name the rotator cuff muscles

Answer 3

biceps brachi, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor and subscapularis

Question 4

muscles that arise from the lateral epicondyle of the humerus are

Answer 4

extensors of the digits and carpus

Question 5

what are the most important pair of muscles during walking and why?

Answer 5

gluteus max- it extends the hip

popliteal- it unlocks the knees whilst medially rotating the tibia when the foot is on the ground

Question 6

where does the anterior cruciate ligament attach and orignate from. What does it prevent the femur from doing?

Answer 6

attaches anterior tibia to the posterior femur. It prevents posterior movement of the femur

Question 7

abductors of the legs and arms are found in which directional plane

Answer 7

lateral

Question 8

adductors of the legs and arms are found in which directional plane

Answer 8

medial

Question 9

where does the cephalic vein start and end

Answer 9

starts on the dorsal venous arch and ascends up the arm ending in the axillary vein in the deltopectorial groove

Question 10

varicose vein

Answer 10

a dilated superficial vein caused by valve failure in the superficial to deep perforating systems

Question 11

what extra movements do you get at the metacarpophalygneal joints that you do not get at the interphalangeal joints

Answer 11

adduction and abduction

Question 12

name 6 different types of movements that you get at the shoulder joint

Answer 12

adduction, abduction, extension, flexion rotation and cirumduction

Question 13

where does evertion and invertion of the foot occur?

Answer 13

at the subtalar joint

Question 14

how many compartments are their in the leg?

Answer 14

anterior, lateral, posterior superficial and posterior deep

Question 15

what is the difference between the long head of triceps and the other two heads interms of their orgins

Answer 15

the long head orginates from the infraglenoid tubercle of the scapula, whereas the medial and lateral head originate from the humerus.

Question 16

where is the surface origin of the common extensor in respect to the lateral epicondyle

Answer 16

it originates on the anterior side

Question 17

which of the hamstrings laterally rotates the knee

Answer 17

biceps femoris

Question 18

what is the nerve supply of the thenar muscles

Answer 18

median nerve

Question 19

which ligament attaches the arm to the trunnk

Answer 19

costoclavicular

Question 20

which ligament attaches the arm to the opposite arm

Answer 20

interclavicular

Question 21

avascular necrosis

Answer 21

bone death from lack of blood supply

Question 22

what is the position of the patients leg with a fractured neck of the femur and why?

Answer 22

shortened and externally rotated- as the psoas pulls the hip up and externally rotates the hip. Its action is altered by the fracture

Question 23

name 5 muscles that laterally rotate the hip

Answer 23

quadratus femoris, obturator internus, obturator externus, piriformis, gluteus maximus

Question 24

which cutaneous nerve can be used as a nerve graft? what numbness might this cause?

Answer 24

sural nerve, it supplies the lateral side of the foot

Question 25

which muscles and skin are supplied by the musculocutaneous nerve?

Answer 25

brachialis, coracobracialis and biceps brachii. Lateral forearm.

Question 26

test for functioning axillary nerve

Answer 26

tap the regimental badge area- lower deltoid

Question 27

vertebral level of the suprasternal notch

Answer 27

t2/3

Question 28

vertebral levle of the sternomanubrial junction

Answer 28

T4

Question 29

what does the head of the first rib articulate with

Answer 29

its own vertebral body

Question 30

what do the tubercles of a rib articulate with

Answer 30

its own transverse process- off the vertebrae