Upper Extremity Flashcards
ANTERIOR Compartment of the ARM
FLEXORS!!!
BBC
MUSCULOCUTANEOUS
Biceps Brachii
Brachialis
Coracobrachialis
Main SUPINATOR of the FOREARM
FLEXES forearm
Biceps Brachii
Main FLEXOR of the FOREARM
Brachialis
Flexes and Adducts the Arm
Coracobrachialis
FLEXOR muscles of the FOREARM (ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT)
MEDIAN NERVE EXCEPT FCU and FDP
SUPERFICIAL
PFPF
Pronator Teres
Flexor Carpi Radialis
Palmaris Longus
Flexor Carpi Ulnaris (FCU) - ULNAR NERVE
INTERMEDIATE
Flexor Digitorum Superficialis
DEEP
Free For Poor
Flexor Pollicis Longus
Flexor Digitorum Profundus
Pronator Quadratus
POSTERIOR compartment of the ARM
EXTENSOR!!!!
MAIN EXTENSOR of FOREARM
Triceps brachii
EXTENSOR muscles of the FOREARM (POSTERIOR COMPARTMENT)
RADIAL NERVE
SUPERFICIAL
BE(5)A
Brachioradialis Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis Extensor Digitorum Extensor Digiti Minimi Extensor Carpi Ulnaris Anconeus
DEEP
SAEEE
Supinator Abductor Pollicis Longus Extensor Pollicis Longus Extensor Pollicis Brevis Extensor Indicis
Contents of the Cubital Fossa
MEDIAL to LATERAL
Me-Bra-Bi-Ra
Median Nerve
Brachial Artery
Biceps Tendon
Radial Nerve
Thenar Muscles (AFO)
MEDIAN nerve
Abductor Pollicis Brevis
Flexor Pollicis Brevis
Opponens Pollicis
Hypothenar Muscles
ULNAR nerve
Abductor Digiti Minimi
Flexor Digiti Minimi
Opponens Digiti Minimi
Intrinsic Muscles of the Hand
ULNAR NERVE
PALMAR Interossei - PaDD
DORSAL interossei - DaB
Intrinsic Muscles of the Hand
Lumbricals - flexes MCP joints
1st and 2nd - MEDIAN nerve
3rd and 4th - ULNAR nerve
BRACHIAL PLEXUS
5 roots = 3 trunks = 6 divisions = 3 cords
Branches of the Brachial Plexus
MARMU
Mucocutaneous Nerve Axillary Nerve Radial Nerve Median Nerve Ulnar Nerve
May be injured as a result of a dislocation of the HEAD of the HUMERUS or by a fracture of the SURGICAL NECK of the humerus
Axillary Nerve
