Muscles Flashcards
Name the thoracohumeral muscles.
Pectoralis minor
Pectoralis major
Subclavius
Serratus anterior
Which muscles constitute the rotator cuff?
Supraspinatous
Infrasopinatous
Teres minor
Subscapularis
What make up the borders of the quadrangular space?
Teres minor (superior)
Teres major (inferior)
Long head of the triceps brachii (medial)
Humerus (lateral)
What make up the borders of the triangular space?
Teres minor (superior)
Teres major (inferior)
Long head of the triceps brachii (lateral)
What are the contents of the quadrangular space?
Axillary nerve
Posterior circumflex humeral artery
What are the contents of the triangular space?
Circumflex scapular artery and vein
Name the flexors of the arm.
Biceps brachii
Brachialis
Coracobrachialis
Name the extensors of the arm.
Triceps brachii
Anconeus
Which muscles make up the boundaries of the cubital fossa?
Pronator teres (medial border)
Brachioradialis (lateral border)
Which muscle makes the floor of the cubital fossa?
Brachialis
Which muscles make up the thenar eminence?
Abductor pollicis brevis
Flexor pollicis brevis
Opponens pollicis
Adductor pollicis
Which muscles are found in the mesothenar (midpalmar space)?
Lumbircals
Dorsal interosseous
Palmar interosseous
Which muscles make up the hypothenar eminence?
Abductor digiti minimi
Flexor digiti minimi
Opponens digiti minimi
Tendons of which muscles run within the carpal tunnel?
Flexor pollicis longus
Flexor carpi radialis
Flexor digitorum superficialis
Flexor digitorum profundus
Tendons of which muscles run within the 1st dorsal carpal tendinous sheath?
Abductor pollicis longus
Extensor pollicis brevis
Tendons of which muscles run within the 2nd dorsal carpal tendinous sheath?
Extensor carpi radialis longus
Extensor carpi radialis brevis
Tendon of which muscle runs within the 3rd dorsal carpal tendinous sheath?
Extensor pollicis longus
Tendons of which muscles run within the 4th dorsal carpal tendinous sheath?
Extensor digitorum
Extensor indicis
Tendon of which muscle runs within the 5th dorsal carpal tendinous sheath?
Extensor digiti minimi
Tendon of which muscle runs within the 6th dorsal carpal tendinous sheath?
Extensor carpi ulnaris
What makes the anterior wall of the axillary fossa?
Pectoralis major
Pectoralis minor
What makes up the posterior wall of the axillary fossa?
Latissimus dorsi
Teres major
Subscapularis
What makes the medial wall of the axillary fossa?
Serratus anterior
Thoracic wall
What makes the lateral wall of the axillary fossa?
Intertubercular sulcus
