Cervical Spine Anatomy
This cervical vertebrae is referred to as the "atlas"
What is C1?
This is joint is the only connection between axial and appendicular skeleton?
What is the sternoclavicular joint?
This bony landmark serves as the distal portion of the humeroradial joint.
What is the radial head?
Elbow dislocations tend to be displaced in which direction?
What is posteriorly?
This is utilized to objectively identify the impact of lower extremity injury on activities of daily living.
What is the Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS)?
This cervical vertebrae is referred to as the axis.
What is C2?
90 degrees of abduction, and full external rotation of the shoulder.
What is the closed-packed position
This bony landmark serves as the proximal portion of the humeroradial joint.
What is the capitellum?
Shoulder dislocations tend to be MOST commonly dislocated in which direction?
What is anterior-inferior?
This set of rules determines the necessity of x-rays of the cervical spine.
What are the Canadian C-Spine rules?
This muscle is responsible for ipsilateral side bending and contralateral rotation.
What is the SCM or sternocleidomastoid?
What is the serratus anterior?
This ligament is often injured with a nursemaid's elbow or traction type injury in young children.
What is the annular ligament?
This nerve is often injured when the humerus is fractured.
What is the radial nerve?
This is the normal end-feel of elbow extension.
What is a bony end-feel?
This muscle, when acting unilaterally, produces cervical side bending, and acting bilaterally, produces cervical extension.
What is the upper trapezius?
ER rotation is most limited, followed by abduction limitations, and internal rotation is least limited.
What is the capsular pattern of the shoulder?
An athlete suspected of having pronator teres syndrome, what nerve is involved?
What is the median nerve?
Often the result of a violent mechanism such as a car wreck that produces rapid flexion and extension, this injury usually presents neck pain, stiffness, and limited range of motion without numbness and tingling.
What is whiplash (cervical muscle strain)?
Often the result of an anterior shoulder dislocation, this is an injury to and anterior, inferior portion of the glenoid labrum.
What is a Bankart lesion?
These cervical (and thoracic) nerve roots combine to form the brachial plexus.
What is C5-T1?
This bony landmark is the insertion point of the biceps brachii
What is the radial tuberosity?
Assessment of the biceps brachii reflex, test the integrity of which cervical nerve root?
What is the C5-C6?
Posterior dislocation of this joint is considered a medical emergency due to the proximity of neural and vascular structures.
What is posterior sternoclavicular joint dislocation?
This syndrome is the combination of weak deep neck flexors and scapular stabilizers and tight pectoralis and trapezius muscles.
What is upper crossed syndrome?