Shoulder Flashcards
Shoulder Girdle - 3 Main bones
Scapula
Clavicle
Humerus
Movement of the shoulder girdle
Elevation (shrugging shoulders u)
Depression (shoulders returning after shrug)
Protraction (hug)
Retraction (blades towards each other)
Shoulder muscles - FLEXION
Deltoid (anterior fibres)
Pectoralis major
Shoulder muscles - EXTENSION
Deltoid (posterior fibres) Latissimus dorsi (posterior)
Shoulder muscles - ABDUCTION
Deltoid (middle fibres)
Shoulder muscles - ADDUCTION
Latissimus dorsi
Pectoralis major
Shoulder muscles - MEDIAL ROTATION
Pectoralis major
Pectoralis minor
Latissimus dorsi
Deltoid (anterior fibres)
Shoulder muscles - LATERAL ROTATION
Deltoid (posterior fibres)
Shoulder muscles - ELEVATION
Levator scapulae
Trapezius (superior fibres)
Shoulder muscles - DEPRESSION
Trapezius (inferior fibres)
Pectoralis minor
Shoulder muscles - PROTRACTION
Serratus anterior
Pectoralis minor
Shoulder muscles - RETRACTION
Rhomboids (major & minor)
Trapezius (middle fibres)
Movements of the shoulder (glenohumeral) joint?
Flexion Extension Abduction Adduction Medial rotation Lateral rotation Circumduction
Rotator cuff muscles
SUPRAspinatus (p) INFRAspinatus (p) Teres MINOR (p) Subscapularis (A) (SITS)