Shoulder Flashcards
Name the rotator cuff muscles
Supraspinatus
Infraspinatus
Teres minor
Subscapularis
Name the intrinsic shoulder muscles
Deltoid
Teres major
Name the remaining shoulder muscles
Serratus anterior
Subclavius
What is the nerve innervation of the supraspinatus and infraspinatus?
Suprascapular nerve
What is the arterial supply to the supraspinatus and infraspinatus?
Suprascapular artery
What nerve innervates teres minor?
Axillary nerve
What artery supplies teres minor?
Circumflex artery
What nerve supplies the subscapularis?
Upper and lower subscapular nerves
What arteries supplies the subscapularis?
Subscapular lateral artery
Supraspinatus
Initiates arm abduction
Infraspinatus
Lateral rotation of arm
Teres minor
Lateral rotation of arm
Subscapularis
Medially rotates arm at shoulder and adducts it, helps hold humeral head in glenoid cavity
Attachments of supraspinatus
Supraspinatus fossa of scapula to superior facet of greater tubercle of humerus
Attachment of infraspinatus
Infraspinatus fossa of scapula to middle facet of greater tubercle of humerus