Juan Gets Hurt
Juan is walking down the street and is tripped by a street youth. He goes to the doctor, and they reveal he has a fracture of his greater tubercle. Which of the following muscles would be affected? Tell us the muscle and the movement that is affected.
a. deltoid
b. teres major
c. latissimus dorsi
d. teres minor
Teres minor
BONUS: External rotation
Which motion does the anterior longitudinal ligament prevent?
Hyperextension
If the thoracodorsal nerve is impaired, which of the following movements would be affected?
a. GH extension
b. GH flexion
c. GH external rotation
d. Scapular retraction
a. GH extension
You are performing a chin-up, which muscle is the primary agonist?
Latissimus dorsi
What are the most common levels for lumbar disc protrusion?
L4-L5 and L5-S1
Juan gets in a car accident and breaks ribs 2-5, which of the following muscles would this affect?
a. Latissimus dorsi
b. Levator scapulae
c. Serratus anterior
d. Serratus posterior superior
d. Serratus posterior superior
Which motion does the posterior longitudinal ligament prevent?
Hyperflexion
Your patient gets his axillary nerve severed. Which of the following muscles could be affected?
a. Serratus posterior inferior
b. Deltoid
c. Latissimus dorsi
d. Supraspinatus
B Deltoid
Names all 4 muscles that make up the rotator cuff.
Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres Minor, Subscapularis
Your patient was lifting a box into her car and felt immediate pain in her low back, what most likely happened?
a. traumatic spinal stenosis
b. disc herniation
c. lumbar fracture
d. nerve rupture
Juan, a rugby player, takes a knee to the right side of the posterior neck from an absolute unit. The transverse processes of C1 – C4 fracture. Which muscle would this effect? Bonus points if you can tell us the nerve!
Levator Scapulae
C3-C4 and dorsal scapular
You are looking at a spine and decide to play a fun game. Please put the following ligaments in order from anterior to posterior.
Ligamentum flavum, anterior longitudinal ligament, supraspinous ligament, interspinous ligament, posterior longitudinal ligament
YOU MUST GET ALL CORRECT TO GET POINTS
ALL, PLL, LF, ISL, SSL
After getting stabbed and getting a lesion of the dorsal scapular nerve, which motion did Rebecca have trouble with?
a. GH flexion
b. Scapular protrusion
c. Scapular adduction
d. Rib elevation
C. Scapular adduction
Which of the 4 rotator cuff muscles performs internal rotation?
Subscapularis
What is the increased curvature of the thoracic spine called?
Kyphosis
Juan decides to get a side job doing construction to support his dog. While walking in a dangerous area, a heavy bag of cement dropped on his head, and he had immediate pain in his upper cervical spine. What kind of fracture could be caused by this mechanism?
Jefferson fracture: a C1 burst fracture caused by traumatic axial load.
I am the strongest ligament in the spine. I am also called the "yellow ligament.” I help to maintain an upright posture and straighten the spinal column after it has been flexed. Which ligament am I?
Ligamentum flavum
The splenius cervicis is innervated by which nerve(s)?
Lateral branches of posterior rami of lower C5-C6
What would happen if you tore your splenius capitis on the right side?
Inability to turn your head to the ipsilateral side.
What movement is allowed by the atlanto-axial joint?
Cervical rotation
Juan tries to bench press for the first time in his life and the inferior angle of the scapula breaks off because he has bad form. Which muscle originates at the inferior angle of the scapula?
a. Infraspinatus
b. Rhomboid Major
c. Levator Scapulae
d. Teres Major
Teres major
Which motions does the alar ligament prevent?
axial rotation and contralateral side bending
The muscles in the suboccipital triangle are innervated by what nerve?
Suboccipital
Which muscle originates on the spinous process of C2 and inserts on the transverse process on C1?
Obliquus Capitis Inferior
Posteriorly, cervical and lumbar curvatures are...convex or concave
concave