Random Anatomy- Exam 1 Flashcards
Landmark dermatomes
C2- posterior half of skull ‘cap’ C3- high turtle neck shirt C4- low collar shirt T4- nipple line T7- xiphoid process T10- umbilicus (belly-bu-TEN) L1- inguinal region L4- the kneecaps S2-4- erection & sensation of penile and anal area
Rule of 9’s
Ant & post head and neck = 9%
Ant & post upper limbs = 18%
Ant trunk = 18%
Post trunk = 18%
Perineum = 1%
Ant & post lower limbs = 36%
Epiphysis
End of long bone
Diaphysis
Shaft of bone
Epiphyseal plate
Growth plate
Gray ramus
Postganglionic sympathetic pathway
Distribute to ALL spinal nerves
Allow coordinated mass discharge (fight or flight)
White ramus
Preganglionic sympathetic pathway
All preganglionic fibers pass through white ramus
Distribute to spinal nerves T1-L2
Schwann cells
For myelin sheath that insulate neuron for high speed transmission of impulses
Destruction leads to MS
Important spinous processes
C7- level of acromion, most prominent cervical process
T7- inferior tip of scapula
L4- superior aspect of iliac crest (Tuffier’s line)
S2- posterior superior iliac spine
Most common rotator cuff injury?
Test?
Supraspinatous
Empty/full can test
Rotator cuff muscles
Supraspinatus
Infraspinatus
Teres minor
Subscapularis
Injury of spinal accessory nerve (CN XI)
Shoulder drop
Injury to thoracodorsal nerve
Can be injured during mastectomy
Paralysis of latissimus dorsi
Can’t climb
Injury of dorsal scapular nerve
Paralysis of rhomboids
Injury of Axillary nerve
Atrophy of deltoid
Associated with surgical neck fracture of humerus
Loss of sensation over deltoid
Unable to abduct arm after 15°