Osteology of the Upper Limb Flashcards
What is the upper limb?
a mobile appendage sued to engage in the surrounding environment. IT includes the shoulrder, arm, forearm, wrist and hand.
What is the clavipectoral triangle?
A region close to the lateral end of the clavicle that is surrounded by the deltoid and the pectoralis major. The coracoid process protrudes from here.
What is the coracoid process?
The lateral end of a clavicle bone.
The pectoral girdle is made up of what two bones?
the clavicle and scapula.
What is the sternal end of a clavicle?
The end that makes contact with the sternum.
What is the acromial end of a clavicle?
The lateral end of a clavicle. It forms the acromioclavicular joint.
What is the subclavian groove of a clavicle?
a region where the subclavian muscle lies.
What two bones make the acromioclavicular joint?
the clavicle (acromial end) and the scapula.
What two bones make the glenohumeral joint?
the scapula and the humerus.
What two bones make the sternoclavicular joint?
the sternum and clavicle.
What major ligaments connect the clavicle to the sternum?
the coracoacromial, conoid and trapezoid ligaments.
What muscles attach to the clavicle?
the perctoralis major, subclavius, trapezius and deltoid.
What is the the name of the protrusion found on the posterior side of the scapula?
acromion
What are the fossas named after?
the muscles that are in the region.
the coracoid process of a scapula is comprised of what three muscles?
short head of biceps brachii coracobrachilais, pectoralis minor
The spine of the scapula contains what two muscles?
the deltoid and trapezius. PIC
The medial border of the scapula contains what three major muscles?
levator scapulae, rhomboid minor and rhomboid major. PIC
The lateral (axillary) border of the scapula conains what two muscles?
teres major and minor
What are the two glenoid attachments?
supraglengoid tubercle and infraglenoid tubercle. They are the long heads of the biceps brachii and tricepts brachii. They are found attached to the scapula.
The rotator cuff of the scapula contains what regions?
subscapular fossa (anterior), supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor (lateral/axillary)
Where is the surgical neck located?
Near the head of the humerus
Where is the trochlea located?
On the inferior end of the humerus.
What three regions are found on the superior & anterior side of the humerus?
greater tubercle, lesser tubercle and inter-tubercular groove. PIC