Muscles
Brachial Plexus
High Yield
Spine/Nerves
Muscle Action
100

What innervates the Biceps Brachii muscle?

Musculocutaneous nerve (C5,C6)

100

What nerve innervates the Supra and Infraspinatus muscles? AND what roots make up this nerve?

Suprascapular nerve (C5,C6)

100

What may a “winged Scapula” indicate?

  • Damage to the Long Thoracic Nerve (or weakness to Serratus Ant.)
100

How many cervical nerves are there?

8

100

Extensor Indicis action

extend index finger @ MCJ, PIP and DIP

200

What are the muscles that compose the Erector Spinae muscle group?

1. Iliocostalis

2. Longissimus

3. Spinalis

200

What are the branches of the Lateral cord?

Median Nerve

Musculocutaneous nerve

200

A 10yr old fractures her humerus @ the surgical neck. What damage should you check for & how?

Axillary Nerve Damage

200

What provides sensory innervation to skin of the back

Dorsal Primary Rami

200

Action of Latissimus Dorsi Muscle?

extend, adducts and medially rotates Humerus

300

Name the rotator cuff muscles and their innervation

supraspinatus --> Suprascapular nerve (C5,C6)

Infraspinatus --> Suprascapular nerve (C5,C6)

Teres Minor --> Axillary nerve (C5,C6,)

Subscapularis --> upper and lower subscapular nerves (C5,C6)

300

What area does the Axillary nerve supply sensation to?

the superior lateral cutaneous nerve branch to sensory over posterior deltoid

300

What innervates the intrinsic muscles of the hand?

ulnar nerve 

300

Define a spinal nerve?

mixed fibers from dorsal and ventral root

300

The action of Subscapularis Muscle

Medial rotation of the arm

400

What 3 things attach to the coracoid process?

The short head of the biceps

coracobrachialis

Pectoralis minor

400

If a person lost motor capability of the intrinsic hand muscles, as well as palmar sensory capacity in 5th digit and ulnar half of 4th digit, where is the ulnar nerve damaged?

After Guoyans’ Canal

400

What are the borders and contents of the Quadrangular space? 

Borders:

- Long head of the triceps

-Teres minor

-Teres Major

-Humerus

Contents:

- Axillary nerve

-Posterior Humeral Circumflex

400

What vertebral level can you find the conus medularis 

L1-L2

400

Action of Anconeus muscle

extends forearm and stabilizes elbow joint

500

Name the superficial and deep layers of the forearm muscles

Superficial:

1. Pronator teres

2. Flexor Carpi Radialis

3. Palmaris longus

4. Flexor digitorium superficialis

5. Flexor carpi ulnaris

Deep

1. flexor digitorum profundus

2. flexor pollicis lingus

3. pronator quadratus 

500

Draw out the the brachial plexus including all of the roots, trunks,divisions, cords, and branches :)

500

What are the borders and contents of the triangular interval

Borders:

- teres major

-Long head of the triceps brachii

-Humerus

Contents:

-Radial nerve

-Deep branchial artery

500

If a Dorsal root was severed what would a patient present like?

dermatome sensory loss

500

Action of Flexor digitorium superficialis?

flex MCP and PIP (wave bye-bye)

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