Spaces in the body

Question 1

what passes through the supra scapular foramen?

Answer 1

Suprascapular nerve
(ligament makes up the top border)

Question 2

What are the borders of the quadrangular space

Answer 2

-Teres major
-Teres minor
-long head of triceps
-humerus

Question 3

what passes through the quadrangular space

Answer 3

axillary nerve
posterior circumflex humeral artery

Question 4

what are the borders of the triangular interval

Answer 4

teres major
long head of the triceps
lateral head of the triceps

Question 5

What passes through the triangular interval

Answer 5

radial nerve and
deep brachial artery (profound brachia)

Question 6

What are the borders of the clavipectoral triangle

Answer 6

-clavicle: superior
-deltoid: lateral
-pectoralis major (medial)

Question 7

What are the contents of the clavipectoral triangle

Answer 7

cephalic vein

Question 8

What is the cubital fossa?
-borders?
-contents?

Answer 8

-area of transition between arm and forearm
borders:
-brachioradialis (lateral)
-pronator teres(medial)
-horizontal line between medial and lateral humerus epicondyles
Contents:
-median nerve
-brachial artery
-biceps tendon

Question 9

What are the borders of the anatomical snuffbox?
-contents?

Answer 9

Lateral border:
-abductor pollicis longus
-extensor pollicis brevis
Medial border:
-extensor pollicis longus

Contents:
-radial artery
-trapezium (can sometimes palpate)
-scaphoid

Question 10

suboccipital triangle

Answer 10

Borders:
-rectus capitis posterior major
-superior oblique (obliquus capitis superior)
-inferior oblique (obliquus capitis inferior)
Contents:
-suboccipital nerve
-vertebral artery

Question 11

Carpal tunnel

Answer 11

borders:
-scaphoid
-lunate
-triquatrium
-pisiform
transverse ligament

Contents:
-FDS tendons
-FDP tendons
-FPL tendon
-median nerve

Question 12

Guyons canal

Answer 12

borders:
-hook of hamate
- flexor tendons

Contents
- deep branch ulnar nerve as it passes into the palm

Question 13

Popliteal fossa

Answer 13

Borders:
-Superior: semimebranosus and semitendinosus
-Inferior: medial and lateral heads of the gastrocnemius

Contents:
- popliteal vein: usually enlarge; people often get DVT here
- popliteal artery: origin in anterior thigh
- tibial nerve: descends vertically to posterior compartment of leg
-Common perineal nerve: follows biceps femoris tendon to lateral aspect of the leg

Question 14

Abductor hiatus contents

Answer 14

femoral artery and vein

Question 15

Abdomen
-borders
-functions

Answer 15

Borders:
-xiploid process, costal margins/cartilages
-vertebral column
-upper parts of pelvic bones

Function:
-protects major viscera
-breathing: accessory muscles/forces expiration
-changes in intra-abdominal pressure

Question 16

Femoral triangle

Answer 16

Borders:
- base: inguinal ligament
-medial border: adductor longus
-lateral border: sartorius

Contents: Lateral to medial
- femoral Nerve
- femoral Artery
- femoral Vein
- lymphatics
Deep: iliopsoas tendon

Question 17

Tarsal tunnel

Answer 17

-flexor retinaculum: band of CT that goes from the medial malleolus to the sustintaculum tali of the calcaneous

contents: (anterior to posterior)
1. tibialis posterior
2. flexor digitorum longus
3. posterior tibial artery
4. posterior tibial vein
5. tibial nerve
6. flexor hallucis longus

Question 18

Anterior triangle of the neck

Answer 18

Borders:
1. anterior: midline of the neck
2. posterior: SCM
3. Superior Inferior border of mandible

Contents:
1. Suprahyoid muscles
2. infra hyoid muscles

Question 19

Posterior triangle of the neck

Answer 19

boders:
1. posterior border of SCM
2. anterior border of trapezius
3. middle 1/3 of clavicle

contents:
1. splenius capitis
2. lavator scapulae
3. scalenes