Theme 2 - The Musculoskeletal system Flashcards
What bones make up the pectoral girdle?
Scapula and clavicle
How many bones are there in the hand and what type?
Carpal x8
Metacarpal x5
Phalanges x14
Apply the following labels to the humerus
Greater tubercle Lesser tubercle Deltoid tuberosity Intertubular sulcus/bicipotal groove Lateral epicondyle Medial epicondyle
Apply the following labels to the scapula
Spine Superior angle Inferior angle Coracoid Acromion
Apply the following labels to the radius and ulna
Heads
Styliod processes
Tuberosities
Olecranon
What are the 5 joints of the wrist and hand?
radiocarpal midcarpal carpometacarpal metacarpalpharlageal interphalangeal
Excluding the wrist and hand what are the other main upper limb joints?
glenohumeral
elbow
From where do the flexor muscles of the wrist and digits originate?
Medial epicondyle
From where do the extensor muscles of the wrist and digits originate?
Lateral epicondyle
What are the two types of curves in the spine and at what point do they develop?
Kyphoses - Fetal
Lordoses - Childhood
What are the 3 ligaments in the spinal column?
Anterior longitudional ligament
Posterior longitudional ligament
Ligamentum flava
What ligament of the vertebral column resists hyperextension and what is the clinical significance of this ?
anterior longitudional
This is what’s injured during whiplash
What are the two components of the intervertebral discs ?
Nucleus pulposus
Annulus fibrosus
What are facet joints?
Joints between vertebral arches
What does the type of movement of the facet joints depend on?
Angle of the joint
What are the two divisions of the muscles of the back and what to they broadly do?
Intrinsic - posture vertebral comumn
extrinsic - move upper limbs and ribs
Origin of latissimus dorsi? 3
Thoracolumbar fascia
Spinous processes of lower 6 T
Insertion and function of lattissimus dorsi?
Bicipital groove - Adduction and medial rotation
Origin of trapezius? 2
Occipital protuberance
Spinous processes CVII - TXII
What are the 3 sections of Trapezius and what do they insert into?
Upper - Clavicle
Middle - Acromion
Lower - Spine of scapula
Function of trapezius?
rotates scapula
What muscles are responsible for elevating and retracting the scapula?
Levator scapulae
Rhomboids
What are the 3 layers of deep muscle in the back?
Splenius - most superficial (in neck)
Erector Spinae - main group
Multifidus - deepest
What are the 3 muscle blocks of erector spinae and from where do they originate?
Spinales -
Longissimus
Iliocostalis
Erector Spinae aponeurosis