Upper Limb Flashcards
Insertion and innervation of the deltoid muscle
- deltoid tuberosity
- axillary nerve C5 and C6
Insertion and innervation of the supraspinatus muscle
- greater tubercle of humerus
- suprascapular nerve C5
infraspinatus - insertion and innervation
- greater tubercle of humerus
- suprascapular nerve C5 and C6
Teres minor insertion and innervation
- greater tubercle
- axillary nerve
Teres major insertion and innervation
- crest of greater tubercle
- subscapular nerve
Subscapularis insertion and innervation
- lesser tubercle
- supscapular nerve
which muscles form the rotator cuff?
- supraspinatus
- infraspinatus
- subscapularis
- teres minor
which muscles are innervated by the musculocutaneus nerve?
- biceps brachii
- coracobrachialis
- brachialis
which muscles are innervated by the median nerve?
- anterior antebrachial muscles except for radial extensor muscles
Triceps origin, insertion and innervation
Long head – Infraglenoid tubercle
Lateral head – Proximal 2/3 of lateral intermuscular brachial septum
Medial head – Medial intermuscular brachial stepum
- olecranon
- radial nerve
radial nerve innervates
The lateral compartment (Brachioradialis, extensor carpi radialis longus and brevis)
the ulnar nerve innervates
elbow joint
flexor carpi ulnaris
flexor digitorum profundus
what is the deepest muscle of the anterior flexor group pf the forarm?
pronator quadratus
to the anterior flexor group of the forarm belong from radial to ulnar:
pronator teres
flexor carpi radialis
palmaris longus
flexor carpi ulnaris
“PFPF”
how many compartments does the forarm have and which joints do they act on?
3
elbow, wrist, hand
