Scapular and Pectoral Region Flashcards
What are the three joints of the shoulder complex?
Sternoclavicular, acromioclavicular, and glenohumeral
What is the action of the deltoid muscle?
Abducts humerus (1°), flexes, extends and rotates humerus (2°)
What supplies the deltoid muscle?
Axillary nerve and posterior circumflex humeral vessels
What is the action of the teres major muscle?
Medially rotates and extends humerus
What supplies teres major muscle?
Lower subscapular nerve and subscapular vessels
What is the action of the supraspinatus muscle?
Abducts humerus the first 15 degrees
What supplies the supraspinatus muscle?
Suprascapular nerve, and vessels and dorsal scapular vessels
What is the action of the infraspinatus muscle?
Laterally rotates humerus
What supplies the infraspinatus muscle?
Suprascapular nerve, and vessels and subscapular vessels
What is the action of the teres minor muscle?
Lateral rotation of humerus
What supplies teres minor muscle?
Axillary nerve, and suprascapular and subscapular vessels
What is the action of the suprascapular muscle?
Medial rotation of the humerus
What supplies the suprascapular muscle?
Upper and lower subscapular nn., and subscapular vessels
What are the muscles of the rotator cuff?
SITS, Supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis
What is the subacromial (subdeltoid) bursa?
Membranous sac containing lubricating synovial fluid
Where is the subacromial (subdeltoid) bursa located?
Inferior to acromion and deltoid but superior to supraspinatus muscle