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Musculo-Fascial Compartments of the Limbs Flashcards

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What is a fascial compartment?

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  • A tissue compartment that is anatomically sealed.
  • They are inexpansible and impenetrable envelopes
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What is usually found in a fascial compartment

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  • Muscles, organs or specialised tissue
  • Blood supply of these tissues
  • Venous drainage of these tissues
  • Neuronal innervation to these tissues
  • Sometimes lymphatic drainage of these tissues
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State 3 facts about the importance of fascia

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  • Body’s connective tissue matrix
  • Interwoven system of fibrous connective tissue
  • Breakdown of fascia happens naturally
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What is necrotizing bacteria

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  • A bacterium that feeds on the fascia
  • Known as flesh-eating bacteria
  • Spreads along fascial planes and can consume an entire person in hours
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Where are the 3 regions where fascial spaces in the body are exaggerated

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  • Head Region
  • Neck Region
  • Limb Region
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What do fascial compartments in the neck allow for

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  • Frictionless movement
  • Displacements of the neck
  • Breathing
  • Swallowing
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Slide

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10 lecture 2

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What are the 2 classifications of fascia in the neck

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  • Superficial cervical fascia
  • Deep cervical fascia
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What are the subtypes of deep cervical fascia

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  • Investing fascia
  • Pretracheal fascia
  • Prevertebral fascia
  • Carotid sheaths
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Name the tissue layers of the thigh

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  • Skin
  • Superficial fascia
  • Fascia Latta - Deep fascia
  • Muscles (and membrane coverings)
  • Femur (between periosteum and endosteum)
  • 3 Intermuscular septa
  • Neurovascular bundle
  • Lymph nodes
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What is the investing layer of fascia in the thigh called

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Fascia Latta

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What does fascia latta become at the thicker lateral ends of the thighs

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  • Iliotibial band or tract
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What are the 3 Fascial compartments of the thigh

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  • Anterior compartment
  • Medial compartment
  • Posterior compartment
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What septum separates the anterior and medial compartments of the thigh

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  • Medial intermuscular septum
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What septum separates the medial and posterior compartments of the thigh

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  • Posterior intermuscular septum
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What septum separates the posterior and anterior compartments of the thigh

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Lateral intermuscular septum

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Name the functional compartment of each fascial compartment of the thigh

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  • Anterior - Knee extensors (Quadriceps)
  • Posterior - Knee flexors & Hip Extensors (Hamstrings)
  • Medial - Hip Adductors (Adductors)
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What nerve innervates the anterior compartment of the thigh and what are the neural roots of this nerve

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  • Femoral Nerve
  • Neural Roots - Level L2, L3, L4
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What nerve innervates the medial compartment of the thigh and what are the neural roots of this nerve

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  • Obturator nerve
  • Neural Roots - Level L2,L3,L4
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What nerve innervates the posterior compartment of the thigh and what are the neural roots of this nerve

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  • Sciatic nerve
  • Nerve roots - Level L4, L5, S1, 2 & 3
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What artery innervates the anterior compartment of the thigh

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  • Femoral artery
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What artery innervates the medial compartment of the thigh

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  • Obturator Artery
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What artery innervates the posterior compartment of the thigh

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  • Perforating branches of profunda femoris
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What is crural fascia

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  • Deep investing fascia that is continuous with the deep investing fascia of the thigh
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What are the 3 muscular compartments of the leg

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  • Anterior compartment
  • Lateral compartment
  • Posterior compartment
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What are the 3 muscular compartments of the leg

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  • Anterior compartment
  • Lateral compartment
  • Posterior compartment
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What are the 3 muscle groups that make up the posterior leg (calf specifically)

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  • Superficial
  • Intermediate
  • Deep
27
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What causes compartment syndrome and where does it occur

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  • Arterial perfusion pressure falling below tissue pressure in a closed anatomical space can cause it
  • It can happen in all of the places that anatomical compartments are present
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What causes compartment syndrome and where does it occur

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  • Arterial perfusion pressure falling below tissue pressure in a closed anatomical space can cause it
  • It can happen in all of the places that anatomical compartments are present
29
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What are the 2 causes of an increase in pressure in an anatomical compartment

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  • Decreased size of anatomical compartment
  • Increased fluid content in anatomical compartment
30
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What are the 2 causes of an increase in pressure in an anatomical compartment

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  • Decreased size of anatomical compartment
  • Increased fluid content in anatomical compartment
31
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What are the 3 gross regions of the upper limb

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  • Arm
  • Forearm
  • Hand
32
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Regions of upper limb based on bones

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  • Brachium (Arm) - Humerus
  • Antebrachium (Forearm) - Radius, Ulna
  • Carpus (wrist) - Carpals
  • Manus (Hand) - Metacarpals, phalanges
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Regions of upper limb based on joints

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  • Brachium (arm) - Between glenohumeral and elbow joints
  • Antebrachium (forearm) - Between elbow and radiocarpal joints
  • Carpus (wrist) - Between radiocarpal and carpometacarpal joints.
  • Manus (hands) - Between carpometacarpal joints and distal interphalangeal joints
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What is the name of the investing layer of deep fascia in the arm

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Brachial fascia

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What structures divide the arm into compartments and what are these compartments called

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  • Medial and Lateral intermuscular septa
  • Anterior and posterior compartments
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What is the motor action of the anterior compartment of the arm

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  • Flexion at the elbow
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What is the motor action of the posterior compartment of the arm

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  • Extension at the elbow
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What is the neural innervation and arterial blood supply to the anterior compartment of the arm

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  • Musculocutaneous nerve (C5-C7)
  • Muscular branches of the brachial artery
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What is the neural innervation and arterial blood supply to the posterior compartment of the arm

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  • Radial nerve (C5-T1)
  • Profunda brachii artery
40
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What is the structural organisation of the arm

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  • Skin
  • Subcutaneous tissue
  • Brachial Fascia
  • Anterior / posterior regions
  • Shaft of humerus
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What is the name of the investing layer of deep fascia in the forearm

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Antebrachial fascia

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What two structures extend from the brachial fascia

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  • Interosseous membrane
  • Lateral intermuscular septum
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What is the interosseous membrane

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  • Runs obliquely between radius and ulna to maintain the space between the 2
43
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What is the interosseous membrane

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  • Runs obliquely between radius and ulna to maintain the space between the 2
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What compartments do the interosseous membrane and lateral intermuscular septum divide the forearm into

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  • Anterior compartment
  • Posterior compartment
45
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What is the motor action of the anterior compartment of the forearm

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  • Flexion at wrist and fingers and pronation
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What is the motor action of the posterior compartment of the forearm

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  • Extension at the wrist and fingers
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What is the neural innervation and arterial blood supply to the anterior compartment of the forearm

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  • Median nerve (from C6-T1)
  • Branches of the ulnar and radial artery
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What is the neural innervation and arterial blood supply to the posterior compartment of the forearm

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  • Radial nerve C5-T1
  • Branches of the proximal ulnar artery, anterior and posterior interosseous arteries.
49
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What is the structural organisation of the forearm

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GREYS

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What is the name of the investing layer of deep fascia in the hand

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Palma Aponeurosis

51
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What three structures extend from the Palma Aponeurosis

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  • Lateral Palmar Septum
  • Medial Palmar Septum
  • Intermediate Palmar Septum
52
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What compartments do the lateral, medial and intermediate septums divide the hand into and how many

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  • 11 Compartments
  • 4 Dorsal interossei compartments
  • 3 Plantar interossei compartments
  • Thenar compartment
  • Hypothenar compartment
  • Adductor compartment
  • Midpalm compartment
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What supplied blood to the hand

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  • Deep and superficial arches which are supplied by radial and ulnar nerves
54
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What is the motor action of the thenar muscles

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  • Fine movements of thumb
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What is the motor action of the hypothenar muscles

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  • Fine movements of the little finger
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What is the motor action of the lumbricals

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  • Movement of the fingers
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What is the motor action of the lumbricals

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  • Movement of the fingers
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What is the motor action of the Plantar interossei

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  • Adduction
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What is the motor action of the Dorsal interossei

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  • Abduction
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What is the neural innervation of the thenar muscles

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  • Median nerve
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What is the neural innervation of the hypothenar muscles

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  • Ulnar nerve
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What is the neural innervation of the lumbricals

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  • Median nerve for 2 lateral lumbricals
  • Ulnar nerve for 2 medial lumbricals
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What is the neural innervation of the plantar interossei

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  • Ulnar nerve
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What is the neural innervation of the dorsal interossei

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  • Ulnar nerve
64
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Brachial

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Plexus

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