MSK Flashcards
Describe the unique features of the altas
- No body
- Lacks spinous process
- Widest cervical vertebrae
- Body fused with dens of axis
- Atlano-axial joint allows for rotation of head
- Atlanto-occipital joint allows for nodding of head
What are the main features of the axis?
- Dens - prevents horizontal displacement of atlas
- Large spinous process
What are the distinct features of the cervical vertebrae?
- Bifid spinous process
- Oval transverse foramen - vertebral arteries and veins
- Triangular vertebral foramen
Label this diagram of a thoracic vertebrae.
What are the features of the thoracic vertebrae?
- 2 demi-facets on each side
- 1 costal facet on each side
- Round vertebral foramen
What are the features of lumbar vertebrae?
- No foramina of transverse processes
- No costal facets or demi-facets
- Vertebral foramina is small and triangular
What is the remenant of the notocord?
Nucleus pulposus
What are the parts of the intervertebral disc?
- Annulus fibrosus
- Nucleus pulposus
Which artery is at risk of during fracture of head of humerus and mid-humeral fracture?
- Anterior/posterior circumflex humeral artery
- Profunda brachii
What are the nerve roots for:
- Musculocutaneous
- Median
- Ulnar
- Axillary
- Radial
- Musculocutaneous - C5, C6, C7
- Median - C6, C7, C8, T1
- Ulnar - C8, T1
- Axillary - C5, C6
- Radial - C5, C6, C7, C8, T1
What is the ulnar claw?
- Lesion of ulnar nerve at wrist
- Paralysis of medial 2 lumbricals - lumbricals flex MCP & extend IP joints
- Unopposed extension at MCP due to extendor digitorum
- Unopposed flexion at distal IP joint by flexor digitorum profundus
What is the ulnar paradox?
- Lesion of ulnar nerve at elbow is a injury but looks better
- Flexor digitorum profundus (medial part) is paralysed so there’s no flexion at IP joint making ulnar claw much less obvious
What are the muscles of pronation and supination?
- Supination - biceps brachii, supinator
- Pronation - pronator teres, pronator quadratus
Which muscles are innervated by musculocutaneous nerve?
- Biceps brachii
- Brachialis
- Coracobrachialis
Which muscles are innervated by radial nerve?
- Posterior compartment of arm - triceps brachii
- Posterior compartment of forearm
- x3 to wrist - ECRL, ECRB, ECU
- x3 to the fingers - ED, EDM, EI
- x3 to thumb - EPL, EPB, AbPL
- +3 - Brachioradialis, anconeus, supinator,
What are the muscles innervated by the median nerve?
Forearm
- Superficial - Palmaris longus, flexor carpi radialis, pronator teres
- Intermediate - flexor digitorum superficialis
- Deep - Lateral half of flexor digitorum profundus, flexor pollicis longus, pronator quadratus
Hand
- Muscles of thenar eminence (LOAF) - Lumbricals 1 & 2, opponens pollicis, abductor pollicis brevis, flexor pollicis brevis
What muscles are innervated by the ulnar nerve?
Forearm
- Superficial - Flexor carpi ulnaris
- Deep - Medial 1/2 of flexor digitorum profundus
Hand - everything except LOAF (median nerve)
- Muscles of hypothenar eminence:
- Opponens digiti minimi
- Abductor digiti minimi
- Flexor digiti minimi brevis
- Adductor pollicis
- Palmar/dorsal interosseui
What is the Hand of Benediction?
- Damage to median nerve
- Seen when patients asked to make a fist
- Paralysis of forearm flexors - apart from flexor carpi ulnaris and medial half of flexor digitorum profundus
- Paralysis of lateral 2 lumbricals
- Therefore unable to flex index and middle fingers as well as thumb
What are the motor functions of:
- C5
- C6
- C7
- C8
- T1
- C5 - elbow flexors
- C6 - wrist extensors
- C7 - elbow extensors
- C8 - finger flexors
- T1 - finger abductors