Session 5 - Muscular And Motor Nervous System Flashcards
Name the 3 types of muscles
- Skeletal muscle
- Cardiac muscle
- Smooth muscle
What are the categories of skeletal muscles?
- Prime movers / agonists - responsible for movement
- Antagonists - oppose prime movers
- Synergists - assist prime movers
- Fixators - stabilise bones and neutralise unwanted movements
What are the generalised functions of skeletal muscles?
- They create movement by contracting
- They reduce the angle between articulating bones
What is the origin a muscle?
Its proximal attachment
What is the insertion of a muscle?
Its distal attachment
State the origin of the biceps brachii muscle
Apex of coracoid process of scapula - short head
Supraglenoid tubercle of scapula - long head
State the insertion of the biceps brachii muscle
Tuberosity of radius
State the nerve that innervates the biceps brachii muscle.
Musculocutaneous nerve
State the function of the biceps brachii muscle
It it the flexor and supinator of the forearm at the elbow.
State the origin of the coracobrachialis muscle
Apex of coracoid process of scapula
State the insertion of the coracobrachialis muscle
Linear roughening on the midshaft of the humerus on the medial side
Which nerve innervates the coracobrachialis muscle?
Musculacutaneous nerve
State the function of the coracobrachialis muscle
It is the flexor of the arm at the shoulder
Which muscles are located in the terror compartment of the arm?
- Biceps brachii
- Coracobrachialis
Which muscles are located in the posterior compartment of the arm?
Triceps brachii
State the origin of the lateral head of the triceps brachii muscle
Posterior surface of humerus
State the origin of the long head of the triceps brachii muscle
Infraglenoid tubercle of the scapula
State the insertion of the triceps brachii muscle
Olecranon of the ulna
Which nerve innervates the triceps brachii muscle?
Radial nerve
What are the functions of the triceps brachii muscles?
- Extension of he forearm at elbow.
- The long head extends and abducts the arm at the shoulder
Which muscles are located in the anterior compartment of the forearm?
- Pronator teres
- Flexor carpi radialis
- Palmaris longus
- Flexor carpi ulnaris
State the origin of the flexor carpi radialis.
Medial epicondyle of the humerus
State the origin of the flexor carpi ulnaris.
- Medial epicondyle of the humerus
- Olecranon and posterior border of ulna
State the origin of the medial head of the triceps brachii muscle
Posterior surface of humerus
State the insertion of the flexor carpi ulnaris
Pisiform bone and base of metacarpal 5
Which nerve innervates the flexor carpi ulnaris?
Ulnar nerve
What is the function of the flexor carpi ulnaris?
It flexes and adducts the wrist joint
State the insertion of the palmaris longus.
Palmar aponeurosis of hand
State the origin of the palmaris longus.
Medial epicondyle of humerus
Which nerve innervates the palmaris longus muscle?
Median nerve
State the function of the palmaris longus.
It flexes the hand
State the insertion of the flexor carpi radialis muscle
Base of metacarpals 2 and 3
Which nerve innervates the flexor carpi radialis?
Median nerve
What is the function of the flexor carpi radialis?
It flexes and abducts the wrist
Which muscles are in the posterior compartment of the forearm?
- Extensor carpi radialis longus
- Extensor carpi radialis brevis
- Extensor carpi ulnaris
- Extensor digitorum
Which muscles are in the anterior compartment of the thigh?
Psoas major
Iliacus
Vastus lateralis
Recuts femoris
Vastus medialis
Quadriceps femoris tendon*
What is the origin of the Psoas major muscle?
Posterior abdominal wall
State the insertion of the Psoas major muscle
Lesser trochanter of femur
Which nerve innervates the Psoas major muscle?
Anterior rami nerve
What is the function of the Psoas major muscle?
It flexes the thigh at the hip joint
State the origin of the Iliacus muscle
Iliac fossa in the posterior abdominal wall
State the insertion of the Iliacus muscle
Lesser trochanter of the femur
Which nerve innervates the Iliacus muscle?
Femoral nerve