Upper Limb Muscle Attachments Flashcards
Name the muscle group and attachment points for biceps brachii long head?
ANTERIOR ARM
O - SUPRAGLENOID TUBERCLE
THROUGH BICIPITAL GROOVE
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I - RADIAL TUBEROSITY, BICIPITAL APONEUROSIS
Name the muscle group and attachment points for biceps brachii short head?
ANTERIOR ARM
O - CORACOID PROCESS
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I - RADIAL TUBEROSITY, BICIPITAL APONEUROSIS
Name the muscle group and attachment points for brachialis?
ANTERIOR ARM
O - ANTERIOR DISTAL 1/2 OF HUMERUS
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I - ULNAR TUBEROSITY, CORONOID PROCESS
Name the muscle group and attachment points for coracobrachialis?
ANTERIOR ARM
O - CORACOID PROCESS
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I - MIDDLE, MEDIAL HUMERUS
Name the muscle group and attachment points for triceps brachii long head?
POSTERIOR ARM
O - INFRAGLENOID TUBERCLE
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I - OLECRANON PROCESS
Name the muscle group and attachment points for triceps brachii lateral head?
POSTERIOR ARM
O - POSTERIOR PROXIMAL HUMERUS
SUPERIOR TO RADIAL GROOVE
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I - OLECRANON PROCESS
Name the muscle group and attachment points for triceps brachii medial head?
POSTERIOR ARM
O - POSTERIOR DISTAL HUMERUS
INFERIOR TO RADIAL GROOVE
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I - OLECRANON PROCESS
Name the muscle group and attachment points for pronator teres?
ANTERIOR FOREARM (superficial, flexor/pronator group)
O - MEDIAL EPICONDYLE, CORONOID PROCESS (ULNA)
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I - MIDDLE, LATERAL SURFACE OF RADIUS
Name the muscle group and attachment points for flexor carpi radialis?
ANTERIOR FOREARM (superficial, flexor/pronator group)
O - MEDIAL EPICONDYLE
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I - BASE OF 2ND METACARPAL
A SLIP ALSO RUNS INTO BASE OF 3RD MC
Name the muscle group and attachment points for palmaris longus?
ANTERIOR FOREARM (superficial, flexor/pronator group)
O - MEDIAL EPICONDYLE
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I - PALMAR APONEUROSIS
Name the muscle group and attachment points for flexor carpi ulnaris humeral head?
ANTERIOR FOREARM (superficial, flexor/pronator group)
O - MEDIAL EPICONDYLE
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I - PISIFORM, HOOK OF HAMATE, BASE OF 5TH MC
Name the muscle group and attachment points for flexor carpi ulnaris ulnar head?
ANTERIOR FOREARM (superficial, flexor/pronator group)
O - OLECRANON AND UPPER 1/2 OF POSTERIOR ULNA
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I - PISIFORM, HOOK OF HAMATE, BASE OF 5TH MC
Name the muscle group and attachment points for brachioradialis?
POSTERIOR FOREARM (superficial, extensor/supinator)
O - LATERAL SUPRACONDYLAR RIDGE OF THE HUMERUS
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I - LATERAL DISTAL RADIUS (STYLOID PROCESS)
Name the muscle group and attachment points for extensor carpi radialis longus?
POSTERIOR FOREARM (superficial, extensor/supinator)
O - SUPRACONDYLAR RIDGE OF THE HUMERUS
DISTAL PART
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I - BASE OF 2ND MC
Name the muscle group and attachment points for extensor carpi radialis brevis?
POSTERIOR FOREARM (superficial, extensor/supinator)
O - LATERAL EPICONDYLE
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I - BASE OF 3RD MC
Name the muscle group and attachment points for extensor digitorum?
POSTERIOR FOREARM (superficial, extensor/supinator)
O - LATERAL EPICONDYLE
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I - DISTAL PHALANGES OF THE MEDIAL 4 DIGITS
Name the muscle group and attachment points for extensor carpi ulnaris?
POSTERIOR FOREARM (superficial, extensor/supinator)
O - LATERAL EPICONDYLE
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I - BASE OF 5TH MC
Name the muscles in the “Wad of Three”?
BRACHIORADIALIS \+ EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS LONGUS \+ EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS BREVIS
Name the muscle group and attachment points for pectoralis major upper fibres?
CHEST and THORAX
Medial O - MEDIAL 1/2 OF ANTERIOR CLAVICLE
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Lateral I - LATERAL LIP OF BICIPITAL GROOVE
Name the muscle group and attachment points for pectoralis major lower fibres?
CHEST and THORAX
Medial O - STERNUM, ANTERIOR COSTAL CARTILAGES OF RIBS 2 - 6
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Lateral I - LATERAL LIP OF BICIPITAL GROOVE
Name the muscle group and attachment points for pectoralis minor?
CHEST and THORAX
O - CORACOID PROCESS
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I - RIBS 3 - 5
Name the muscle group and attachment points for serratus anterior?
CHEST and THORAX
Medial O - ANTERIOR SURFACE OF MEDIAL BORDER OF SCAPULA
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Lateral I - LATERAL SURFACES OF THE UPPER 8 RIBS
What does a tight pec minor result in?
TIPPING SCAPULA
What does a weak serratus anterior result in?
WINGING SCAPULA
