Quiz 3 Review

Question 1

When palpating for the coracoid process, which muscle tendon may you feel attaching there?
(there are 3)

Answer 1

PECTORALIS MINOR
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CORACOBRACHIALIS
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BICEPS BRACHII SHORT HEAD

Question 2

What movement of the humerus will make the lesser tubercle more easily palpable?

Answer 2

G-H EXTERNAL ROTATION

Question 3

Which tendon is often palpable between the greater and lesser tubercles of the humerus?

Answer 3

BICEPS BRACHII LONG HEAD

Question 4

When palpating the spine of the scapula to its lateral edge, you should end up on the bony landmark of the ____________.

Answer 4

ACROMION

Question 5

Which bony landmark is palpable on the lateral side, of the middle portion of the humerus?

Answer 5

DELTOID TUBEROSITY?

Question 6

What action would you have your patient perform to confirm your palpation of the muscle filling the supraspinous fossa?

Answer 6

ABDUCTION?

Question 7

When palpating the superior angle of the scapula, you may feel the tendon of ____________ at it’s inferior attachment.

Answer 7

LEVATOR SCAPULA

Question 8

Which muscle is located on the middle portion, of the lateral border of the scapula?

Answer 8

TERES MINOR

Question 9

To confirm your palpation of subscapularis in the subscapular fossa, you would have your patient perform the action of ________________.

Answer 9

INTERNAL ROTATION?

Question 10

Starting at the inferior angle and moving superiorly, the first bony landmark you run into will be the _________________________.

Answer 10

SPINE OF THE SCAPULA