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Upper extremity Flashcards

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Injury to axillary nerve

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  • sensory impairment to lateral surface of shoulder
  • shoulder weakness, especially with abduction
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Supraspinatus

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  • Action
    • abduction of shoulder
  • Innervation
    • suprascapular nerve
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Dorsal scapular nerve (C5)

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rhomboid major/minor and levator scapulae muscle

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Teres Minor

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  • Action
    • laterally rotates shoulder
  • Innervation
    • Axillary nerve
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Extensor digiti minimi

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  • Action
    • extends wrist and 5th finger
  • Innervation
    • radial nerve
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Pronator quadratus

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  • Action
    • pronates forearm
  • Innervation
    • median nerve
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Pronator Teres

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  • Action
    • Pronates and flexes forearm
  • Innervation
    • median nerve
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Extensor carpi ulnaris

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  • Action
    • extends and adducts wrist
  • Innervation
    • radial nerve
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Deep muscles of the posterior forearm

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  1. Abductor pollicis longus
  2. extensor pollicis longus
  3. extensor pollicis brevis
  4. extensor indicis

**all extend and all innervated by radial nerve

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Triceps Brachii

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  • Action
    • extends elbow joint
  • Innervation
    • Radial nerve
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Muscles innervated by musculocutaneous nerve

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  1. Biceps brachii
  2. brachialis
  3. coracobrachialis
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Extensor digitorum

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  • Action
    • extend wrist and medial 4 fingers
  • Innervation
    • radial nerve
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Levator Scapulae

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  • Action
    • Elevates scapula
  • Innervation
    • Dorsal scapular nerve
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Thoracodorsal Nerve

(C7-C8)

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Latissimus dorsi muscle

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pectoralis major

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  • Action:
    • adducts and medially rotates shoulder joing
  • innervation:
    • lateral and medial pectoral nerve
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Subscapularis

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  • Action
    • Medially rotates and adducts shoulder joint
  • Innervation
    • superior and inferior subscapular nerves
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Extensor pollicis brevis

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  • Action
    • extends wrist and thumb
  • Innervation
    • radial nerve
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scapula

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  • overlays the 2nd-7th rips
  • lateral border is thickest
  • glenoid cavity articulates with head of humerous at glenohumeral joint
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Latissimus dorsi

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  • Action
    • extends, adducts and medially rotates shoulder
  • Innervation
    • thoracodorsal nerve
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Rotator cuff

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  1. Supraspinatus
  2. Infraspinatus
  3. Teres Minor
  4. Subscapularis
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Extensor indicis

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  • Action
    • extends wrist and 2nd finger
  • Innervation
    • radial nerve
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Teres Major

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  • Action
    • adducts and medially rotates shoulder
  • Innervation
    • Inferior subscapular nerve
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Brachialis

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  • Action
    • flexes elbow
  • Innervation
    • musculocutaneous nerve
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axio-appendicular muscles

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attach to the ribs, sternum, and vertebrae. Suport and move pectoral girdle

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Arterial supply to upper extremity

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  1. sublcavian artery
  2. axillary artery
  3. brachial artery
  4. four terminal branches
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Medial Brachial cutaneous nerve

(C8-T1)

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Sensory to the medial side of the arm

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Brachioradialis

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  • Action
    • weak flexion of elbow
  • Innervation
    • radial nerve
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Pectoral girdle

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  1. scapulae
  2. clavicles
  3. manubrium of sternum
  • support and movement provided by the axio-appendicular muscles
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Flexor Carpi Radialis

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  • Action
    • Flexes and abducts hand at wrist
  • Innervation
    • Median nerve
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humerus

A
  • largest bone in upper limb
  • radial groove for the radial nerve and profunda brachii artery
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Musculocutaneous nerve

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  • pierces coracobrachialis muscle
  • innervates brachialis and biceps brachii
  • continues as sensory to lateral cutaneous nerve of the forearm
  • Injury:
    • sensory impairment to lateral surface of forearm
    • paralysis of coracobrachialis, biceps, brachialis
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Nerve to Subclavius

(Superior trunk/ C5)

A

subclavius muscle

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Trapezius

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  • Action
    • lifts and retracts scapula
  • Innervation
    • spinal accessory nerve (CNXI)
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Rhomboid Minor

Rhomboid Major

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  • Action
    • holds scapula to thoracic wall
  • innervation
    • dorsal scapular nerve
35
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Supericial muscles of anterior forearm

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  1. Pronator Teres
  2. Flexor Carpi Radialis
  3. palmaris longus
  4. flexor carpi ulnaris
36
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Extensor carpi radialis brevis

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  • Action
    • extend and abduct wrist
  • innervation
    • radial nerve
37
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Superior subscapular nerve

(C5-C6)

A

subscapularis muscle

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Palmaris Longus

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  • Action
    • Flexes hand at wrist
  • Innervation
    • Median nerve
39
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Lateral pectoral nerve

(C5-C7)

A

Pectoralis major muscle

40
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Deltoid

A
  • Action
    • abducts shoulder joint
  • innervation
    • axillary nerve
41
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Extensor carpi radialis longus

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  • Action
    • extend and abduct wrist
  • Innervation
    • radial nerve
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How median nerve innervates hand

A
  1. abducts thumb
  2. opposes thumb
  3. flexes thumb
  4. flexes metacarpophalangeal joints of the 2-4th fingers
  • Injury
    • sensory impairment to anterior thumb, palmer surface, anterior first 2.5 fingers and posterior joint of first 2.5 fingers
    • loss of thumb opposition, decreased abduction of thumb, loss of flexion of proximal and distal interphalangeal joings
      • “pope’s blessing” or “ape hand”
43
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Inferior subscapular nerve

(C5-C6)

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Subscapularis and teres major muscles

44
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Biceps brachii

A
  • Action
    • supinates forearm and flexes elbow
  • Innervation
    • musculocutaneous nerve
45
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Radius

A
  • lateral to ulna and shorter
  • shaft gradually enlarges as it passes distally
  • with pronation of forearm, radius crosses ulna
46
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Axillary artery

A
  • lateral margin of 1st rib to inferior border of the teres major
47
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Medial Pectoral nerve

(C8-T1)

A

Pectoralis major and minor muscles

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Brachial artery

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  • Inferior border of the teres major muscle to the distal portion of the cubital fossa
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Clavicle

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  • connects upper limb to axial skeleton
  • sternal end touches sternum at sternoclavicular joint
  • acromoial end touches the acromion of the scapula at acromioclavicular joint
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Abductor pollicis longus

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  • Action
    • extends wrist and abducts thumb
  • innervation
    • radial nerve
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Flexor digitorum superficialis

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  • Action
    • flexes wrist and proximal phalanges
  • Innervation
    • Median nerve
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How the Ulnar nerve innervates hand

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  1. adducts thumb
  2. abducts 5th finger
  3. flexes 5th finger
  4. opposes 5th finger towards thumb
  • Injury
    • Sensory impairment of medial surface of hand/palm and medial 1.5 fingers
    • loss of flexionat 4th and 5th fingers, loss of thumb adduction, loss ability to oppose and abduct 5th finger
      • “claw hand”
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Infraspinatus

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  • Action
    • laterally rotates shoulder
  • innervation
    • Suprascapular nerve
54
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Intermediate and deep muscles of the anterior forearm

A
  1. flexor digitorum superficialis
  2. flexor digitorum profundus
  3. flexor pollicis longus
  4. pronator quadratus
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Flexor pollicis longus

A
  • Action
    • flexes wrist and thumb
  • Innervation
    • median nerve
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ulna

A
  • medial
  • stabilizing bone of the forearm
  • shaft is thick but tapers distally
57
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Flexor digitorum profundus

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  • Action
    • flexes wrist and phalanges 2-5
  • Innervation
    • Median nerve and ulnar nerve
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Medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve

(C8-T1)

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Sensory to the medial side of the forearm

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Pectoralis Minor

A
  • Action
    • stabilizes scapula
  • Innervation
    • medial pectoral nerve
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Injury to radial nerve

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  • sensory impairment to posterior surface of forearm, posterior thumb and first 2.5 fingers
  • paralysis of triceps, brachioradialis, supinator, extensors of the wrist and fingers
    • “wrist drop”
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Extensor pollicis longus

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  • Action
    • extends wrist and thumb
  • Innervation
    • radial nerve
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Coracobrachialis

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  • Action
    • flex and adduct shoulder
  • Innervation
    • musculocutaneous nerve
63
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Long thoracic nerve (C5-C6)

A

serratus anterior muscle

*Injury causes paralysis of serratus anterior and medial border of scapula proturdes away from body

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Superficial muscles of the posterior forearm

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  1. Brachioradialis
  2. extensor carpi radialis longus
  3. extensor carpi radialis brevis
  4. extensor digitorum
  5. extensor digiti minimi
  6. extensor carpi ulnaris

**All are innervated by the radial nerve

65
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Flexor carpi ulnaris

A
  • Action
    • Flexes and adducts hand at wrist
  • Innervation
    • Ulnar nerve
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Suprascapular nerve

(superior trunk/C5-C6)

A

supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles

68
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Serratus Anterior

A
  • Action
    • holds scapula to thoracic wall
  • Innervation
    • long thoracic nerve (LTN)

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