Upper limbs Flashcards
The upper limb
- It is a freely mobile organ of manual activity
- not weight bearing; hence stability compromised for mobility
- divided into shoulder, arm, elbow, forearm, wrist, and hand
Trapezius
O- external occiptal protuberance, superior nuchal line, ligamentum nuchae, spinous processes of C7-T12
I-lateral 1/3 of clavicle, acromion, and spine and base of spine of scapula
N- spinal accessory nerve
A- superior fibers elevate scapula; middle fibers retract scapula; inferior fibers depress scapula
Latissimus Dorsi
O- spines of T7-T12, thoracolumbar fascia, iliac crest, ribs 9-12
I- floor of bicipital (intertubercular) groove of humerus
N- thoracodorsal nerve
A-adducts, extends, and medially rotates humerus
Levator Scapulae
O- transverse processes of C1-C4
I- upper part of medial border of scapula, from superior angle to spine
N- dorsal scapular nerve and C3-C4
A- elevates and rotates scapula inferiorly
Rhomboids (major/minor)
-lie deep to trapezius
O- nuchal ligament and spinous process of C7-T5
I- medial border of scapula
N- dorsal scapula nerve
A- retracts, elevates scapula, and rotates glenoid fossa inferiorly
Serratus posterior muscles
(superior) O- spinous processes of C7-T3 vertebrae I- ribs 2-4 N- intercostal nn. A- elevates ribs 2-4 during inspiration
(inferior) O- spinous processes of T11-L2 vertebrae I- ribs 8-12 N- intercostal nn. A- depresses the inferior-most 3 or 4 ribs during inspiration
Pectoralis Major
O- clavicle, sternum, and upper 6 costal cartilage
I- lateral lip of inter-tubercular groove of humerus
N- medial and lateral pectoral nerves
A- adducts and medially rotates humerus; clavicular fibers flex humerus; sternocostal fibers extend the humerus
Pectoralis minor
-It forms an important landmark for vessels and nerves that supply the arm
O-3-5th ribs
I- coracoid process of scapula
N- medial pectoral nerve
A- stabilizes scapula by drawing it inferiorly and anteriorly
Subclavius
O- junction of 1st rib and cartilage
I- inferior surface of clavicle
N- subclavian n.
A- not much- depresses and anchors the clavicle
Serratus Anterior
O- first 8 ribs I- medial border of scapula N- long thoracic nerve A- draws scapula forward around thoracic wall; rotates scapula superiorly (esp. when raising arm). -It is called "the boxer's muscle
Deltoid
O- lateral third of clavicle, acromion, and spine of scapula
I- deltoid tuberosity of humerus
N- axillary nerve
A- abducts, flexes, extends, medially and laterally rotates humerus
Rotator Cuff Muscles
S- supraspinatus
I- infraspinatus
T- teres minor
S- subscapularis
- maintain function is to hold the head of humerus in the glenoid cavity
-also rotates the humerus about its longtitudinal axis
Supraspinatus
O- supraspinous fossa
I- greater tubercle (superior part) of humerus
N- suprascapular nerve
A- abduction of humerus; stabilizes shoulder joint
-pts with this muscle paralyzed, can still initiate abduction, by leaning to the side or by pushing their elbow out with a jerk of their hip
Infraspinatus
O- infraspinous fossa
I- greater tubercle (middle part) of humerus
N- suprascapular nerve
A- holds humerus in place; laterally rotates humerus
Teres minor
O- superior part of lateral border of scapula
I- greater tubercle (inferior part) of humerus
N- axillary nerve
A- laterally rotates and adducts humerus
Teres Major
O- dorsal surface of inferior angle of scapula
I- medial lip of bicipital groove of humerus
N- lower subscapular nerve
A- adducts and medially rotates humerus
Subscapularis
O-subscapular fossa
I- lesser tubercle of humerus
N- upper and lower subscapular nerve
A- medially rotates and adducts humerus; stabilizes shoulder joint
Splenius capitis
O-nuchal ligament and spinous process of lower cervical and upper thoracic vertebrae
I: mastoid process and superior nuchal line of occipital bone
N- segmentally posterior rami
A- unilaterally-laterally flexes and roates head and neck to same side
Bilaterally- extends/hyperextends neck
Splenius cervicis
O- nuchal ligament and spinous process of upper thoracic vertebrae
I- transverse process of upper cervical vertebrae
N- segmentally by posterior rami
A- unilaterally- laterally flexes and rotates neck to same side
Bilaterally-extends/hyperextends neck
Regions of upper limb
- Name the scientific name of each parts and joints associated.
1. 1/2 Pectoral Girdle (shoulder)
2. Shoulder
3. Arm
4. Elbow
5. Forearm
6. Wrist
7. Hand
- 1/2 Pectoral Girdle (shoulder)
- The later portion of clavicle joint with the acromion of the scapular= acromioclavicular joint - Shoulder
- glenohumeral joint btw the humerus & scapula - Arm
- brachium - Elbow
- cubitus
- elbow joint
- proximal radioulnar joint - Forearm
- antebrachium
- distal radioulnar joint - Wrist
- carpus
- midcarpal joint
- carpus
- metacarpus
- phalanges - Hand
- manus
- carpometacarpal joints
- metacarpophalangeal joints
Parts of scapula
Anterior 1. acromion process 2. acromial angle 3. glenoid fossa (cavity) 3a. neck 4. supraglenoid tubercle 4a. infraglenoid tubercle 5. coracoid process 6. suprascapular notch 7. superior border 8. superior angle 9. medial (vertebral) border 10. subscapular fossa 11. inferior angle 12. lateral border Posterior 1. groove for circumflex scapular vessels 2. supraspinous fossa 3. (scapulae) spine 4. infraspinous fossa 5. unnamed notch connecting supraspinous & infraspinous fossae
Right clavicle (collarbone)
commonly fractured:
- indirectly, forced transmitted through upper limb
- directly falling onto shoulder
- in children the fracture is usually incomplete (greenstick fracture)
- sternocleidomastoid muscle pulls medial part superiorly
- lateral part (and shoulder droops)
1. acrominal end
2. sternal end
3. shaft body
4. anterior
5. posterior close to conoid tubercle
6. trapexoid line
7. acromial and sternal facets
8. impression for costoclavicular ligament
Humerus bone anterior/posterior
Anterior 1. head of humerus articulate with glenoid cavity of scapula 2. anatomical neck 3. greater tubercle 4. lesser tubercle 5. surgical neck 6. intertubercular sulcus 7. crest of greater tubercle 8. crest of lesser tubercle 9. deltoid tuberosity 10. lateral/medial supracondylar ridge 11. lateral/medical condyle 12. radial fossa 13. lateral epicondyle 14. capitulum 15. trochlea 16. coronoid fossa 17. medial epicondyle Posterior 1. radial groove (near deltoid tuberosity) 2. lateral/medial supracondylar ridge 3. olecranon fossa 4. trochlea 5. groove for ulnar nerve (near medial epicondyle
Ulna & Radius (proximal end)
- ulnar tuberosity (insertion of brachialis)
- radial tuberosity (insertion of bicep brachii)
Distal end of radius-pronated
- styloid process (of ulna)
- groove for extensor digitorum & extensor indicis muscles
- groove for extensor pollicis longus m.
- dorsal tubercle
- groove for extensor carpi radialis longus & brevis muscles
- styloid process
Wrist & hand bones
- Phalanges (proximal, middle, distal)
- Metacarpals
-1=thumb (pollex)
-2= little finger (digiti minimi) - Carpals
Proximal row
-scaphoid
-lunate
-triquetrum
-pisiform
Distal Row
-hamate
-capitate
-trapezoid
-trapezium
Embryological development
- the dermatomal patterns show primitive segmental arrangement
- 5th week (day 32): limb bud or paddle. Tissue innervation corresponds closely to vertebral level
- dermatomes get “pulled out” with growth
- ventral axial line (underside of the arm) with lower side as the anterior aspect.
Superficial veins
- cephalic- begins on the lateral side of hand empties into subclavian vein
- Basilic- begins on medial side of hand, joins the brachial veins to form the axillary vein
- Median cubital-communication between the cephalic and basilic v v.
- venupuncture in the cubital fossa
Superfical Extrinsic upper limb muscles that are on the back (posterior thoracoappendicular muscles)
- innervated by anterior rami of spinal nerves
- Trapezius
- Levator scapulae
- latissimus dorsi
- Rhomboids major/minor
Intermediate extrinsic muscles and OINA
-serratus posterior muscles
superior/ inferior
Anterior thoracoappendicular muscles
- pectoralis major/ minor
- subclavius
- serratus anterior
muscles of the shoulder
scapulohumeral mm
- Deltoid
- Rotator Cuff muscles
- supraspinatus
- infraspinatus
- teres minor
- subscapularis
Vertebral column (spine)
- role
- shape
- has important role in posture, in support of body weight, in locomotion, and in protecting the spinal cord and nerve roots
- curvatures and the intervertebral discs provide shock-absorbing resilience for the body
- concave anteriorly (kyposis0= thoracic, sacral
- concave posteriorly (lordosis)= lumbar, cervical
Vertebral regions
- consists of 33 vertebrae; only 24 are movable
- cervical (7)
- thoracic (12)
- lumbar (5)
- sacral (5 fused not long after birth)
- coccygeal (3-4 fused during middle life)
- not all people have 33 vertebrae
- always constant= cervical 7; variations for the rest
Primary and Secondary curvatures
Primary
-thoracic, sacral= kyposis
-develop in fetal life
Secondary (lordosis)
-cervical at 3 mos when infant holds head erect
-lumbar curvature as child begins to walk (11-13 months)
Scoliosis- any mediolateral curvature of spine
General vertebrae features
-body- support body weight
-superior/inferior articular facets for articulation with other vertebrae; restricts movement
-transverse process & spinous process for muscle attachments
-Pedicle & lamina form vertebral foramen to protect spinal cord
-Superior/inferior vertebral notchs of adjacent vertebrae form the intervertebral foramen
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Spinal nerves
- spinal nerves exit the intervertebral foramen
- older people develop spondylosis, especially in cervical and lumbar regions, when encroachments occur on intervertebral foramina (osteophytes) and on vertebral canal (disc degeneration) that causes pressure on nerve roots resulting in radiculopathy
Cervical vertebrae
- transverse foramen (vertebral artery passes through) are large
- small or non-existant body
- superior articular facets face superiorly
- inferior articular facets face inferiorly
- superior/inferior vertebral notches are equal in size
- spinous processes of 3-6th vertebrae are short and bifid
- 7 processes= 1 spinous process, 2 transverse processes, 4 articular processes
- liver-like= muslces & ligaments are attached to it; act as levers to move vertebrae
1. anterior/posterior tubercle (R & L)
2. transverse foramen
3. uncinate process
4. body
5. transverse process
6. groove for spinal nerve
7. pedicle
7a. lamina
8. superior/inferior articular facets/process (R& L)
9. vertebral foramen
10. spinous process
Atlas (C1) and Axis (C2)
Atlas (C1) -No body -large superior articular facets for occipital condyles of skull -transverse process/foramen (R+L) -tubercle for transverse ligament of atlas -anterior tubercle/arch articular facet for dens -lateral mass -vertebral foramen -posterior arch/tubercle -groove for vertebral artery
Axis (C2) -dens -anterior articular facet for anterior arch of atlas -pedicle -superior articular/process facet for atlas -posterior articular facet for transverse ligament of atlas -interarticular part -transverse process -inferior articular facet/process for C3 -body spinous process -transverse process
Thoracic vertebrae
-costal facets on bodies for articulation with head of ribs
-costal facets on transverse process for articulation with tubercles of ribs
-long inferiorly directed spinous processes
-superior articular facets face posteriorly and the inferior articular facet face anteriorly
Abnormalities
-rib 1 attaches to costal facet of T1 and costal facet on transverse process of T1
- T1-T9 superior & inferior costal facets on body
-T1-T10 one pair of costal facets on transverse processes
-T10-T12 one pair of costal facets on body
-T11-T12 no costal facet on transverse process
Lumbar vertebrae
- large, heavy body support weight of torso, upper limbs, head
- short, sturdy spinous & transverse processes
- superior articular articular facets face medially
- inferior articular facets face laterally
sacrum
5 fused vertebrae
- L5 vertebrae attached superiorly
- hip bones (ilium) attach laterally
- 5% people 5th lumbar partly or completely incorporated into sacrum (hemisacrilization or sacralization of 5th lumbar vertebrae)
- 1st sacral separated from sacrum= lumbbarization of 1st sacral vertebra
- spinous processes and articular processes are fused into jagged ridges
- sacral hiatus provides access to sacral canal
- joint between coccyx and sacrum can move a little. Important during childbirth, fuses at old age
Intervertebral joints
intervertebral disc is composed of:
- nucleus pulposus-gelatinous central mass
- anulus fibrosus; outer fibrous part, composed of fibrocartilage
- Joints allow compression (help to absorb shock of body weight), bending (anterior/posterior or mediolateral, twisting
Movement of vertebrae
three types
- flexion/extension/hyperextension
- lateral bending
- twisting (rotation)
- movement between vertebrae is very small
- when combined, the movement is significant
- movment is greatest in lumbar and cervical regions
- movements in thoracic region is relatively stable due to its connection with sternum, costal cartilages, thinner intervertebral discs and because the spinous processes overlap here
Zygapophyseal joints (Facet Joints) -superior articular facet + inferior articualr facet
- all zygapophyseal facets are plane type of synovial joints and are oriented somewhat superoinferiorly
1. cervical: lots of mobility - facet oriented at 45 degree from horizontal plane
- slope inferiorly from anterior to posterior; help flexion, extension, rotation
- joint capsule loose and broad
2. Thoracic: limited mobility - facet oriented in mostly coronal, sloped almost vertical; limit flexion & extension but permits some rotation
- joint capsule relatively tight
3. Lumbar: moderate mobility - facet oriented in sagittal plane
- facets curved; processes interlock
- allows anteroposterior bending and lateral flexion
- does not allow much rotation
- joint capsule relatively tight
Cervical vertebrae movement
-flexion tends to open up the intervertebral foramina
-extension, lateral bending & rotation crowd the intervertebral foramina
1. flexion
2. extension
3. lateral flexion
4. rotation
(not including atlantoaxial joint)
Thoracic vertebrae movement
- thoracic vertebrae most stable due to articulations with ribs, costal cartilages, sternum
1. rotation
2. limited flexion, extension, lateral flexion
Lumbar vertebrae
- flexion
- extension & lateral flexion
- almost NO rotation
Ligaments that limit movements
- anterior longitudinal ligament- prevents hyperextension of vertebral column; can be severely stretched or torn during severe hyper-extension of the neck as in a rear end automobile collision.
- posterior longitudinal ligament
- ligamentum flavum
- interspinous ligament
- supraspinous ligament
Intrinsic muscles of the back
- all innervated segmentally by posterior rami of spinal nerves
1. splenius capitis
2. splenius cervicis
intermediate intrinsic muscles of the back
Erector spinae muscles- extend the back from a flexed postion
- Iliocostalis
- longissimus
- spinalis
Deep intrinsic muscles of the back
- all segmentally by posterior rami nerve
1. transversospinal muscles - semispinalis
- multifidus
- rotatores
2. levator costarum
3. interspinales
4. intertransversarii
Suboccipital triangle msucles
- Deep to semispinalis capitis muscle; contains vertebral artery and suboccipital nerve
- all innervated by suboccipital nerve
- extend and rotate the head
1. obliquus capitus superior
2. obliquus capitus inferior
3. rectus capitus posterior major
4. rectus capitus posterior minor
Somatic pathways
- all spinal cord levels C1-Co1
- sensory side–> dorsal=posterior
- motor side–> ventral=anterior
- dermomyotome=both
- dermatome- cutaneous (skin) sensory territory of a single spinal nerve
- myotome- mass of muscle innervated by a single spinal nerve
Iliocostalis
O- scarum, iliac crest
I- angle of the ribs
N- segmentally by posterior rami
A- extend/laterally bend vertebral column
Longissimus
O-sacrum, iliac crest, spinous processes of sacrum & inferior lumbar vertebrae
I- transverse processes of vertebrae, between angle & tubercles of ribs
N- segmentally by posterior rami
A- extend/laterally bend vertebral column; extends head
Spinalis
O-sacrum, iliac crest, spinous processes of sacrum, inferior lumbar vertebrae
I- spinous processes of vertebrae
N- segmentally by posterior rami
A- extend/laterally bend vertebral column
Semispinalis
O- transverse processes of cervical & thoracic vertebrae
I- occipital bone, spinous processes; spans 4-6 segments
N-segmentally by posterior rami
A- extends head and thoracic/cervical region of vertebral column
Multifidus
O- mainly sacrum & ilium
I- spinous processes; spans 2-4 segments
N-segmentally by posterior rami
A- stablizes vertebrae
Rotatores
O- transverse processes of vertebrae; most well developed in thoracic region
I- lamina & spinous process of vertebrae 1-2 segments above
N-segmentally by posterior rami
A- stablizes vertebrae
Levatores costarum
O-tips of transverse processes
I- between tubercle and angle of rib below
N-segmentally by posterior rami
A- elevates ribs (assists with inspiration)