Muscles Flashcards
Pec Major
Prox: clavicle and sternum, costal cartilages
Distal: Humorous ridge of greater tubercle
N: Lateral and medial pec nerves (C5-T1)
A: Adducts and medially rotates, flexes, when flexed it will extends
pec minor
prox: upper ribs
Dist: coracoid process
N: Medial pec nerve (C8, T1)
A: stabilizes scap, depression and protraction and rotate to depress humerus
Subclavius
Prox: 1st rib
Dist: Clavicle
N: nerve to subclavius (C5, C6)
A: Anchors and depresses clavicle
serratus anterior
Prox: Anterior Lateral Rib Cage
Dist: medial border scapula
N: Long thoracic C5,6,7
A: protraction, depresses, rotates to elevate scap
Trapezuis
Prox: Nuchal line, nuchal ligament, spinous processes C1-T12
Dist: clavicle, acromion, spine of scap
N: Cranial Nerve XI
A: Upper:
On Head - Bilateral = extension, hyperextension Unilateral = Rotation, AD/ABduction
On Scap - Elevates, Retracts, Rotate to elevate
Lower: On scap - Depression, Retraction, Rotate to Elevate
latissimus dorsi
Prox: thoracolumbar fascia
Distal: intertubercular sulcus humerus
N: Thoracodorsal (C6,7,8)
A: Extends, adducts and medially rotates humerus raises body toward arms during climbing
Levator Scapulea
Prox: transverse process C1-C4
Dist: superior angle of scap
N: Dorsal scapular (C5) and cervicle (C3,C4) nerves
A: elevates scapula, rotate to depress, retract
Rhomboids
Prox: transverse process of C7 T5
Dist: medial end of scapular spine, and medial border
N: Dorsal scapular nerve (C4,5)
A: retract, elevate scapula and rotate to depress
Deltoid
Prox: clavicle, acromoin and spine of scap
Dist: deltoid tuberosity
N: axillary nerve (C5,C6)
A: Anterior - flextion, medially rotates, ADduct
posterior - extension, external rotate, ADduct
superior - ABduct
Supraspinatus
Prox: supraspinous fossa of scapula
Dist: greater tubercle
N: suprascapular (C4,C5,C6)
A: stabilizes shoulder, abduction of arm
infraspinatus
Prox: infraspinous fossa
Dist: greater tubercle
N: suprascapular (C5,6)
A: Stabilizes shoulder, laterally rotates arm
teres minor
Prox: lateral border of scapula
Dist: greater tubercle
N: Axillary (C5,6)
A: Stabilizes shoulder, laterally rotates
teres major
Prox: Inferior angle
Dist: intertubercular sulcus of humerus
N:Lower subscapular nerve (C5,6)
A: Extends Adducts medially rotates
Subscapularis
Prox: subscapular fossa
Dist: lesser tubercle
N: upper and lower subscapular nerves (C5,6,7)
A: Stabilizes shoulder, medially rotates arm
Protractors of the scapula
serratus anterior, pectoralis minor
Retractors of the scapula
Rhomboids, Traps, levator
Elevators of the scapula
Levator, rhomboids, upper trap
Depressors of the scapula
Lower Trap, Pec Minor, Serratus
Rotate to Elevate glenoid
Upper/Lower trap and serratus ant
Rotate to Depress glenoid
Rhomboids, levator, and pec minor
palmaris longus
Superficial layer 2nd Medial O: medial epicondyle of humerus I: palmar aponeurosis N: Median Nerve (C7,8) A: Flexes (wrist) Elbow: FL