Upper limb

Question 1

What are the compartments of the arm?

Answer 1

Anterior and posterior

Question 2

What are the compartments of the forearm?

Answer 2

Anterior , posterior and lateral

Question 3

What are the two joints in the shoulder girdle?

Answer 3

Acromioclavicular

Glenohumeral

Question 4

What is the lip of the glenoid fossa called?

Answer 4

Labrum

Question 5

What nerve is commonly injured in anterior shoulder dislocations?

Answer 5

Axillary nerve

Question 6

What three things stabalise a joint?

Answer 6

Articular surfaces

Ligaments

Muscles

Question 7

Out line the arterial supply of the arm

Answer 7

Subclavian artery

axillary artery

Brachial artery

In the fore arm

brachial artery splits into the radial and ulna artery

Question 8

Outline the venous drainage of the arm

Answer 8

Subclavian

Axillary vein

the Basilic vein goes medial and cephalic vein goes lateral

Median cubital vein joins the too at the elbow

Question 9

What are the roots of the brachial plexus?

Answer 9

C5 - T1

Question 10

What neumonic will help you remember the nerves of the brachial plexus?

Answer 10

Most alcoholic must realily urinate

Question 11

What does the brachial plexus look like?

Answer 11

Question 12

What are the neves coming out of the brachial plexus from lateral to medial?

Answer 12

Musculocutaneous

Axillary

Median

Radial
Ulnar

Question 13

What is the most lateral nerve in the brachial plexus?

Answer 13

Musculocutaneous nerve

Question 14

Where does the musculocutaneous nerve go?

Answer 14

Goes anterior compartment of the arm and exits laterally in the forearm

Question 15

What does the musculocutaneous nerve do?

Answer 15

Anterior flexor compartment of the arm

If you hurt your musculocutaneous nerve you cant show off your muscles

Question 16

Where does the axillary nerve go ?

Answer 16

Posterior to the surgical neck of the humerous

Question 17

What muscles does the axillary nerve supply?

Answer 17

deltoid and teres minor

Question 18

What happens if you injure your axiallry nerve?

Answer 18

Cant abduct from 15 to 90 degress

Loss of sensation at soldier’s patch

Question 19

Where does your median nerve go ?

Answer 19

Median too the elbow , right down the middle

Question 20

What does the medan nerve supply (motor)

Answer 20

Lateral flexors of the wrist

Thenar eminence ( thumb )

two lateral lumbricles

Question 21

What does the median nerve supply ( sensory)

Answer 21

Lateral three and 1/2 fingers

Palmar surface

Finger tips

Question 22

What does median nerve damage result in?

Answer 22

Thenar atrophy

Loss of thumb opposition

Median claw hand

Question 23

Where does the radial nerve go ?

Answer 23

Down the raidal grove of the humerus

Question 24

What does the radial nerve supply (motor)?

Answer 24

Triceps

Extensors of the wrist

Question 25

What does the radial nerve supply? Sensory

Answer 25

Posterior arm

Question 26

Where does the ulna nerve go?

Answer 26

Posterior to the medial epicondyle

Question 27

What does the ulna nerve innervate (motor)?

Answer 27

Medial flexors of the wrist Medial lumbrical muscles

Question 28

What does the ulna nerve invervate (sensory)

Answer 28

Palamr and dorsal fingers of the medial two digits

Question 29

What nerve is injured in fractures to the humeral shaft?

Answer 29

Radial nerve

Question 30

what nerve supplies most of the dorsum of the hand?

Answer 30

Radial nerve

Question 31

How can you injure your ulnar nerve?

Answer 31

Compression in the cubital canal Injury at med epidondyle

Question 32

What nerve is damaged in supracondylar fractues and elbow dislocations?

Answer 32

median nerve