Upper Limb Flashcards
Another name for forearm
antebrachium
Another name for arm
brachium
parts of antebrachium
ulna radius bound by interosseus membrane
proximal wrist bones
scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform
distal wrist bones
trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate
main source of blood for the upper limb
subclavian artery
suprascapular artery and transverse cervical artery re apart of what?
thyrocervical trunk
suprascapular is the blood supply to what?
supraspinatus and infraspinatus
When does the subclavian artery become the axillary artery?
When it crosses the lateral portion of the first rib.
What artery supplies the thorax?
thoracromial artery
When does the axillary artery become the brachial artery?
When it reaches teres major
What does the deep brachial artery give rise to?
Deep brachial artery and the superior and inferior ulnar collateral arteries
anterior to the albow what does the brachial artery give rise to?
Radial and ulnar arteries
What are the two types of veins in the upper limb?
Deep and superficial
What unites deep and superficial veins?
Perforating veins
Deep veins are also called what and why?
Venae comitantes because they accompany major arteries
Upper limb superficial veins originate where?
dorsal venous network on the back of the hand
What drains teh veins of the dorsal venous network
Basilic and cephalic veins
What joins cephalic and basilic veins?
Median cubital vein
Where do the deep lymphatics of the upper limb terminate?
axillary lymph nodes
Superficial lymphatics enter where?
cubital lymph nodes or humeral axillary lymph nodes
Anterior thoraco appendicular muscles
Pectoralis major, pectoralis minor, serratus anterior, subclavius
Posterior thoracoappendicular muscles
Trapezius, latissimus dorsi, levator scapulae, rhomboid major, rhomboid minor
Pectoralis major innervation
Medial and lateral nerves
Pectoralis major action
Adducts medially rotates humerus, flexes humerus
Pectoralis minor innervation
Medial nerve
Pectoralis minor action
Protracts depresses and stabilizes scapula
Serratus anterior innervation
long thoracic nerve
Serratus anterior action
Protracts scapula rotates scapula laterally/upward
Subclavius innervation
Subclavian nerve?
Subclavius action
Anchors and depresses clavicle
Scapulohumeral muscles
Deltoid Teres Major SITS