Upper limb Flashcards
How many carpal bones are there?
8
How many metacarpals are there?
5
How many phalanges are there?
14
What is the origin and insertion of the deltoid muscle?
Origin: Lateral third of the clavicle and the spine of the scapula Insertion: Deltoid tuberosity of the humerus
What movement do they posterior fibres of the deltoid muscle allow?
Extension of the shoulder
What movement do they middle fibres of the deltoid muscle allow?
Abduction of the shoulder
What movement do the anterior fibres of the deltoid muscle allow?
Flexion of the shoulder
Name the muscles present in the anterior compartment of the arm
- Biceps brachi 2. Branchialis 3. Coacobrachialis
What nerve supplies the biceps, the branchialis and the coracobrachialis muscles?
Musculocutaneous
What is the purpose of the muscles of the anterior compartment of the arm?
Flexion of the elbow and flexion of the shoulder
In what compartment does the triceps muscle lie?
Posterior compartment of the arm
What is the function of the triceps muscle?
Extension of the elbow and extension of the shoulder
What nerve innervates the triceps muscle?
Radial nerve
What additional movement can the biceps muscle also perform apart from flexion?
Supination
What is the origin of the short head of the biceps branchii?
Tip of coracoid process of scapula
What is the origin of the long head of the biceps brachii?
Supraglenoid tubercle of the scapula/glenoid fossa
What is the insertion of the biceps muscle?
Radial tubersosity and fascia of forearm
What is the origin of the coracobrachialis muscle?
Tip of the coracoid process of the scapula
What is the insertion of the coracobrachialis muscle?
Middle third of medial surface of the humerus
What is the origin of the brachialis muscle?
Distal half of the anterior surface of the humerus
What is the insertion of the brachialis muscle?
Coronoid process and tuberosity ulna
What aspect of the elbow does the triceps muscle span?
Posterior aspect
What is the origins(s) of the triceps brachii muscle?
Long head: Infraglenoid tubercle of scapula Lateral head: Posterior surface of the humerous, superior to radial groove Medial head: Posterior surface of the humerous, inferior to radial groove
What kind of muscle is the triceps brachii?
Fusiform muscle
What are the two main superficial veins of the upper limb?
Cephalic vein and basillic vein
Where do the cephalic and basillic veins originate?
From the dorsal venous network (in the subcutaneous tissue of the dorsum of the hand)
Describe the usual course of the cephalic vein?
Ascends from the lateral aspect of the dorsal venous network up the lateral aspect of the forearm. The cephalic vein then communicates with the median cubital vein in the cubital fossa (in the anterior aspect of the elbow) and joins with the basillic vein. The cephalic vein then continues its course superiorly between the deltoid and pectoral muscle(along the delto pectoral groove). It enters the deltopectoral triangle. The cephalic vein then drains into the axillary vein.
Describe the course of venous blood from the axillary vein to the heart.
Subclavian which then drains into the braciocephalic which then drains into the SVC and into the right atrium
What is the communication between the cephalic and basillic veins?
The median cubital vein
Describe the course of the basilic vein
The basilic vein ascends from the subcutaneous tissue from the medial end of the dorsal venous network along the medial aspect of the forearm and teh inferior part of the arm. It then passs deeply, piercing the deep brachial fascia and running superior parallel to the brachial artery and the medial cutaneous nerve. It then merges with the accompining veins and into the axillary artery.
What is the common vein that all the veins form the upper limb ultimately drain into?
The subclavian vein
What vein in very often used for venopuncture in the forearm?
The median cubital vein.
What is the main action that the muscles of the anterior compartment of the forarm carry out?
Flexion and pronation
What neve are most of the muscles in the anterior compartment of the forarm supllied by? What other nerve supplies 1.5 of the muscles?
Median nerve. Ulnar nerve supllies one and a half.
What is the main action of the muscles in the posterior compartment of the forearm?
Extensors and supinators
What nerve suplies all the muscle in the posterior compartment of the foreamr?
Radial nerve
What are the two groups of muscle which move the joints in the hand?
- Forearm muscle whose muscle bellies are in the anterior and posterior compartments of the forearm and whose sital tensdons insert onto the bones of the hand
- Intrinsic hand muscles whose bellies and tendon insertions lie completely within the hand itself.
What are the four rotator cuff muscles?
Sapraspinatus
Infraspinatus
Teres minor
Subscapular
What are the nerve roots that come together to form the brachial plexus?
C5, C6, C7, C8, T1
What are the names nerves of the brachial plexus?
Musculocutaneous
Radial
Ulnar
Median
Axillary
What do the named nerves of the brachial plexus do?
- Carry somatic motor fibres to the skeletal muscles of the upper limb
- Carry somatic sensory fibres rom the skin of the upper limb to the smooth muscle of all the arterioles in the upper limb, the erector pili muscles and the sweat glands
What does the musculocutaneous nerve supply?
The muscles of the anterior arm
What does the median nerve supply?
Most of the muscles of the anterior forearm and thenar eminane(thumb) muscles
What does the ulnar nerve supply?
Most of the hand muscles (not the thumb and 1.5 muscles f the anterior forearm)