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Ligaments 'n Joints 'n Stuff
100

Darla loves to go shopping and always comes home with handfuls of heavy bags. This muscle can be seen doing most of the heavy lifting when her forearm is flexed at the elbow

Brachioradialis

100

What are the five terminal branches of the brachial plexus and where to they arise from? 

Lateral cord: musculocutaenous, median

Posterior cord: radial and axillary

Medial cord: ulnar, median

100

These textured muscles are only present in the R. atrium and L. auricle of the heart and function to increase surface area-volume ratio


Pectinate mm.

100

This branch off the brachial artery supplies blood to the triceps brachii m

Deep Brachial artery

100

What is the clinical term for the adhesive fibrosis and scarring of the glenohumeral joint? 

BONUS 100: what action would a patient with this condition have difficulty doing? 

Frozen shoulder

BONUS: Abducting arm

200

The insertion of the pectoralis major on to this bony landmark of the humerus allows it to perform movement of the shoulder in multiple planes. 

BONUS 100: What is the joint that the actions of pectoralis major occur at? 

Crest of Greater Tubercle

BONUS: glenohumeral joint

200

Injury to the C8-T1 nerve roots is going to cause sensory deprivation to what portion of the arm/hand?

green part

200

The bronchopulmonary segments of the lung are each supplied by what level of the bronchial tree

BONUS 100: which lobes of the lung have increased number of segments


Tertiary/segmental bronchi

BONUS: inferior lobes

200

An obstruction in the circumflex branch of the left coronary artery would cause ischemia to what structures of the heart? 

L. Atrium and L. ventricle

200

What is the ligament of the glenohumeral joint that prevents superior dislocation of the humeral head

Coracoacromial ligament

300

Hingle McCringleberry presents to you with a penetrating proximal forearm injury. His wrist is devating towards the ulnar side when he attempts to flex his wrist. What is causing this phenomenon? 

BONUS 100: what other actions would be affected with an injury of this type? 

Innervation to FCR is lost, so FCU has to flex wrist on its own. 

BONUS: index & middle finger flexion, thumb flexion, abduction and opposition, pronation

300

Yennifer has been unable extend her wrist to hold the trays of chicken nuggets at her job at the chicken nugget restaurant. Paralysis of what nerve is causing this presentation? 


Radial n. 

300

This lymphatic structure drains the entire lower half and left side of the body

BONUS 100: what structure does this drain into? 


Thoracic Duct

BONUS: L subclavian v. 

300

The axillary vein is formed by the junction between what deep and superficial vein? 

Basilic and Brachial vv

300

D'Pez Poopsie is the star pitcher of his baseball team, but he will soon be undergoing tommy john surgery to repair what damaged ligament of the elbow joint?  

Ulnar Collateral Ligament

400

Scoish Velociraptor Maloish got frustrated and elbowed a hole in his bathroom wall, injuring his medal epicondyle. He can no longer abduct or adduct their fingers and you notice a claw-like posture of the fourth and fifth digits. What muscles are affected here?   

interossei, 3rd and 4th lumbricals

400

Injury to this nerve branch of the brachial plexus would cause severely diminished shoulder retraction and elevation

BONUS 100: What muscles are to be affected? 

Dorsal Scapular nerve

400

This structure of the hilum is formed by the layers of pleura folding in on itself


Pulmonary Ligament

400

When the proximal digits look poorly perfused, you can assume there is lack of blood flow in which arteries? 

Proper palmar digital arteries

400

Trish Mctish went ice skating and took a hard tumble directly onto her shoulder with her arm outstretched. On her xray you see complete dislocation of her AC joint. What ligaments have been torn? 

acromioclavicular and coracoclavicular

500

Fartrell Cluggins had an injury to his rotator cuff. He is no longer able to laterally rotate, or abduct his shoulder. What nerves have been affected? 

BONUS 100: Identify the muscles affected

Suprascapular and Axillary

Infra +Supraspinatus, deltoid

500

While Glizzy was riding her horse, it got spooked and threw her off causing her to land hard on her shoulder with her head forced in the opposite direction. Her shoulder is adducted, arm is medially rotated, and her elbow is permanently extended. What nerve roots have been affected in this injury? 

BONUS 100: what is the clinical term for this paralysis? 

C5-C6 injury

BONUS:Erb-Duchenne Palsy

500

There are three layers of intercostal muscles. Which ones serve to aid in inspiration, and which for expiration? 


In: External, Interchondral part of Internal

Ex: Interosseus part of Internal, Innermost

500

DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!

Identify ALL of the branches off the axillary artery, and identify the muscles that they supply

500

D'Squarius Green Jr. tells you that when he pushes his index finger back, he hears a loud snapping sound preventing full extension of his finger. What is the likely diagnosis? 

BONUS 100: What muscles are affected in this condition? 

Stenosing Tenosynovitis

BONUS: FDS & FDP

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