Shoulder Flashcards
Movements of the scapula
Elevation, depression, abduction, adduction, lateral rotation, medial rotation
Sternoclavicular joint
- Articular disc divides into two synovial cavities—allows flat joint to act like a ball-and-socket joint
Acromioclavicular joint
- Allows for axial rotation and anteroposterior movement
Glenohumoral joint
- Highly mobile, shallow ball-and-socket joint
- Flexion/extension, abduction/adduction, medial+lateral rotation, circumduction
Scapulothroacic “joint”
- Allows for elevation/depression, protraction/retraction, rotation
Subclavius muscle
- Innervated by nerve to subclavius
- Depression
Pectoralis minor
- Innervated by medial pectoral nerve
- Depresses scapula, elevates rib
Serratus anterior
- Innervated by long thoracic nerve
- Abducts scapula, elevates ribs
Trapezius
- Innervated by accesory nerve (CN XI)
- Superior: elevates scapula, upward rotation of scapula
- Middle: retracts scapula
- Inferior: depresses scapula, upward rotation of scapula
Rhomboid major and minor
- Innervated by dorsal scapular nerve
- Adducts scapula, downward rotation of scapula, fix scapula to thoracic wall
Levator scapulae
- Innervated by dorsal scapular nerve and cervical (C3, C4) nerves
- Elevates scapula, rotates glenoid cavity inferiorly by rotating scapula
Ligaments stabalizing glenohumoral joint
Superior, middle, and inferior glenohumeral ligaments
Rotator cuff muscles that stabalize glenohumoral joint
Supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis
Supraspinatus holds head of humerous in the glenoid cavity
Danger of glenohumoral dislocation
Disruption of quadrangular space and risk of injuring the axillary nerve and posterior circumflex humeral vessels
Test for spinal accesory nerve lesion
Weakness in turning the head to the opposite side against resistance
Ipsilateral weakness when shoulders are shrugged against resistance