Shoulder Anatomy
What type of joint is the shoulder?
Ball-and-socket
How many bones make up the elbow joint?
3
What is a brachial plexus injury often referred to as?
A stinger/burner
An ulnar nerve contusion is also known as hitting your what?
Funny bone
What is the muscle group name of the 4 muscles that play a key role in the stabilization of the glenohumeral joint?
The rotator cuff
What is the primary source of stability for the shoulder?
Muscles
What type of joint is the elbow?
Hinge
If an athlete is having pain in their arm and then later finds out they're having a heart attack, they are experiencing what kind of pain?
Referred
What condition occurs when there is a lack of blood flow to the forearm due to increased pressure within the area?
Volkmann's Contracture
What muscle is responsible for forearm supination?
What is the name of the long bone in the upper arm?
The humerus
The muscles that extend the elbow are the triceps brachii and which other muscle?
The anconeus
What is the most common type of shoulder dislocation
Anteriorly / Anteroinferiorly
What is the most common type of elbow dislocation?
Posterior
The flexor carpi radialis is responsible for what two wrist movements?
Flexion and abduction
What is the most important superficial muscle of the shoulder?
The deltoid muscle
How many heads does the biceps brachii muscle have?
2
How long should you immobilize an AC joint separation?
6-8 weeks
A chronic strain of the lateral epicondyle is also known as what?
Tennis elbow
What muscle works to flex both the shoulder and the elbow?
What shoulder complex joint is not considered a "true" joint?
The scapulothoracic joint
What tendon originates at the medial epicondyle of the elbow?
The common flexor tendon
What specific population of athletes (sport and position) are most susceptible to degenerative glenoid labrum tears?
Baseball pitchers
Pronator teres syndrome is the entrapment of what nerve?
The median nerve
When talking about the muscles of the hand, what word represents the "pinky"?
Minimi