MSK Flashcards
What are the contents of the axilla?
AAABBC
Axillary artery
Axillary vein
Axillary lymph nodes
Brachial plexus
Biceps brachii
Coracobrachialis
What would be the consequence of a fracture of the humerus at the:
a) surgical neck
b) mid shaft
c) Distal end
a) Damage to arterial circumflex and necrosis. Damage to axillary nerve
b) Danage to brachial artery, radial nerve, and wrist drop
c ) Damage to ulnar nerve
What would occur in damage to the long thoracic nerve?
Winged scapula due to loss of tonic contraction of serratus anterior
What is a clinical sign of a scaphoid fracture?
Tenderness of anatomical snuffbox
What is a colles’ fracture?
Falling on outstretched hands
Distal fragment displaced posteriorly, dinner fork appearance
What is a smiths fracture?
Falling on flexed wrists
Distal fragment displaced anteriorly, spade appearance
Draw the brachial plexus
What are the nerve roots of the:
a) median nerve
b) musculocutaneous
c) Ulnar
d) Radial
e) Axillary
a) C6 - 6 letters in median
b and c) Musculocutaneous and ulnar is all possibilities there musc = c5 - c7, ulnar = C8-T1
d) Radial = C5 - T1
e) Axillary = C5-6
What happens in injury to the upper brachial plexus and lower brachial plexus>? Where would you test for paralysis.
Upper - erb’s palsy. Waiter tip appearance. Lateral side of arm paralysis
Lower - Klumpke’s palsy. Paralysis of small muscles of hand. Medial side of arm paralysis
What would happen if the median nerve was damaged:
a) at the elbow
b) at the wrist
a) unable to flex first 3 digits. forearm supinated and weak flexion. Hand of benediction
b) unable to flex first 3 digits. Hand of benediciton
State the borders of the cubital fossa and what it contains.
Medial - Pronator teres
Lateral - Brachioradialis
Superior - Imaginary line between epicondyles
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Radial Nerve
Biceps Tendon
Brachial Artery
Median Nerve
What is student’s elbow?
Inflammation of the subcutaneous olecranon bursa
Name the bones of the wrist
Some Lovers Try Positions That They Cant Handle
Scaphoid
Lunate
Triquitrum
Pisiform
Trapezium
Trapezoid
Capitate
Hamate
What is tennis elbow and golf elbow?
Tennis elbow - Lateral epicondylitis
Golf elbow - Medial epicondylitis
Name the posterior muscles of the forearm and actions
Extensor carpi radialis longus and brevis
Extensor carpi ulnaris
Extensor pollicis brevis
Abductor Pollicis longus
Extensor pollicis longus
Extensor digitorum
Extensor digiti minimi
Extensor indices - index finger
Supinator
Brachioradialis - flexes elbow
Anconeus
3 x 3 + 3:
3 wrist muscles
3 thumb muscles
3 finger muscles
+ 3 misc muscles - anconeus, supinator, brachioradialis
Name the muscles of the anterior forearm and their innervation
Median innervation:
Pronator teres
Flexor carpi radialis
Palmaris longus
Flexor pollicis longus
Pronator Quadratus
FDS
Half of FDP
Ulnar innervation:
Half of FDP
Flexor carpi ulnaris
What is a dupuytrens contracture?
Shortening and thickening of palmar fascia
What does the carpal tunnel contain?
Median nerve
9 tendons - 4 FDP, 4 FDS, 1 flexor pollicis longus
Give 4 possible causes of carpal tunnel syndrome
MEDIAN TRAP
Myxoedema
edema premenstrually
Diabetes
Idiopathic
Acromegaly
Neoplasm
Trauma
Rheumatoid arthritis
Amyloidosis
Pregnancy
State the thenar muscles of the hand. What nerve innervates them?
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Abductor pollicis brevis
Flexor pollicis brevis
Opponens pollicis
Adductor pollicis brevis
All median except adductor pollicis brevis which is ulnar
State the hypothenar muscles of the hand and their innervation
Abductor digiti minimi
Flexor difiti minimi brevis
Opoonens digiti minimi
Ulnar innervations
What is the action of the lumbricals and what innervates them?
Lumbricals flex at MCP joint and extend at IP joint (bye bye muscles)
Lumbricals 1 and 2 - Median
Lumbricals 3 and 4 - Ulnar