Shoulders (Limbs) Flashcards
Name of the shoulder joint?
glenohumeral
What type and what supports the acromioclavicular joint?
synovial - supported by acromioclavicular and coracoclavicular (fromed by conoid and trapezoid) ligaments
what are the movements of the glenohumeral joint?
Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, medial and lateral rotation and circumduction
Where is there a tendency to fracture?
surgical neck of the humerus
What forms the trochlear notch?
olecranon and coronoid process
What does the capitulum articulate with?
head of radius
What do the radius and ulna articulate to form?
proximal and distal radio-ulnar joints`
What are the bones of the wrist?
Straight line to pinky, here comes the thumb
Scaphoid, lunate, triquestrum, Pisiform,, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate
What is the pisiform?
Sesamoid bone as it is embedded in the tenddon of the Flexor carpi ulnaris
What forms the carpa;l tunnel?
Carpal bones and flexor tendon retinaculum
What passes through carpal tunnel?
4 tendons of flexor digitorum profundus and 4 tendons of flexor digitorum superficialis, flexor pollicis longus tendon and median nerve
What movements can the metacarpophalangeal joints do?
extend, adduct, abduct, circumduct, flex
Where does the pectoralis major arise from?
medial half of the clavicle, superior to costal cartilages and aponeurosis of external oblique
Where does the pectoralis major attach?
Lateral lip of intertubecular sulcus
What innervates the pectoralis major?
Lateral (C5,6,7) and medial pectoral (C8/T1) nerve
What are the pectoral muscles?
Pectoralis major, pectoralis minor, subclavius and serratus anterior
How would you test function of the pectoralis major?
Ask patient to adduct arm (bent elbow) agaijnst resistance whilst feeling the pec with the other hand
Test for the glenohumeral joint?
Pec test, medial rotation of forearm against resistance, flexion of upper limb against resistance
What are the attachments of pectoralis minor?
Origin: anterior surface of ribs 3-5
Inserts: corocoid process of scapula
What innervates the pectoralis minor?
Medial pectoral nerve (C8/T1)
Attachments of the subclavius?
Origin: first costochondral joint
Inserts: middle 3rd of clavicle
Function of pec minor and subclavius respectively?
stabilize the clavicle by drawing anteroinferiorly against thoracic wall, stabilize the clavicle by depressing