Upper extremity Flashcards
Injury to axillary nerve
- sensory impairment to lateral surface of shoulder
- shoulder weakness, especially with abduction
Supraspinatus
- Action
- abduction of shoulder
- Innervation
- suprascapular nerve
Dorsal scapular nerve (C5)
rhomboid major/minor and levator scapulae muscle
Teres Minor
- Action
- laterally rotates shoulder
- Innervation
- Axillary nerve
Extensor digiti minimi
- Action
- extends wrist and 5th finger
- Innervation
- radial nerve
Pronator quadratus
- Action
- pronates forearm
- Innervation
- median nerve
Pronator Teres
- Action
- Pronates and flexes forearm
- Innervation
- median nerve
Extensor carpi ulnaris
- Action
- extends and adducts wrist
- Innervation
- radial nerve
Deep muscles of the posterior forearm
- Abductor pollicis longus
- extensor pollicis longus
- extensor pollicis brevis
- extensor indicis
**all extend and all innervated by radial nerve
Triceps Brachii
- Action
- extends elbow joint
- Innervation
- Radial nerve
Muscles innervated by musculocutaneous nerve
- Biceps brachii
- brachialis
- coracobrachialis
Extensor digitorum
- Action
- extend wrist and medial 4 fingers
- Innervation
- radial nerve
Levator Scapulae
- Action
- Elevates scapula
- Innervation
- Dorsal scapular nerve
Thoracodorsal Nerve
(C7-C8)
Latissimus dorsi muscle
pectoralis major
- Action:
- adducts and medially rotates shoulder joing
- innervation:
- lateral and medial pectoral nerve
Subscapularis
- Action
- Medially rotates and adducts shoulder joint
- Innervation
- superior and inferior subscapular nerves
Extensor pollicis brevis
- Action
- extends wrist and thumb
- Innervation
- radial nerve
scapula
- overlays the 2nd-7th rips
- lateral border is thickest
- glenoid cavity articulates with head of humerous at glenohumeral joint
Latissimus dorsi
- Action
- extends, adducts and medially rotates shoulder
- Innervation
- thoracodorsal nerve
Rotator cuff
- Supraspinatus
- Infraspinatus
- Teres Minor
- Subscapularis
Extensor indicis
- Action
- extends wrist and 2nd finger
- Innervation
- radial nerve
Teres Major
- Action
- adducts and medially rotates shoulder
- Innervation
- Inferior subscapular nerve
Brachialis
- Action
- flexes elbow
- Innervation
- musculocutaneous nerve
axio-appendicular muscles
attach to the ribs, sternum, and vertebrae. Suport and move pectoral girdle
Arterial supply to upper extremity
- sublcavian artery
- axillary artery
- brachial artery
- four terminal branches
Medial Brachial cutaneous nerve
(C8-T1)
Sensory to the medial side of the arm
Brachioradialis
- Action
- weak flexion of elbow
- Innervation
- radial nerve