The RTC
Origins and Insertions
Shoulder Facts
Shoulder and Scapular Motions
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100

What are the 4 RTC muscles? 

What are the subscapularis, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, and teres minor? 

100

What is the primary action of the middle deltoid?

What is Abduction? 
100

What type of joint is the shoulder and how would you best describe it?

What is a ball and socket, described as a golfball on a tee? 

100
The 'Y' in the YMCA song requires which scapular motion?

What is upward rotation?

100

What does FOOSH stand for? 

What is falling on an outstretched hand? 

200

What is the action of the supraspinatus?

What is Shoulder Abduction? 
200

What is the one of the 3 primary actions of the pectoralis major?

What is Adduction, Medial rotation or Horizontal Adduction?

200

Where does the shoulder get most of it's stability from?

What are the ligaments, muscles, and tendons?
200

Holding a cell phone to your ear without hands, requires which scapular motion? 

What is elevation?

200

Together the RTC muscle groups can generate up to what percentage of body mass? 

What is 70%?

300

What is the combined movement produced by the RTC muscles? 

What is abduction, medial rotation, and lateral rotation?

300

What is the origin of the coracobrachialis?

What is the Coracoid process?
300

What is the strongest shoulder movement? 

What is Adduction? 
300

During the sprinkler dance, what shoulder movements are required?

What is horizontal ABD and ADD?
300

Which pathology is common in people with paralysis of the arm or who are hypermobile?

What is glenohumeral subluxation? 

400

What is the mechanism of injury for RTC tears? 

What is repetitive overhead motions such as throwing, Serving in tennis, swinging of a bat/golf club?  
400

What is the insertion of the subscapularis?

What is the Lesser tubercle of the humerus? 

400

In which shoulder movement is the joint most vulnerable to injury?

What is external rotation? 

400
An outside hitter in volleyball uses what shoulder movement when spiking a ball?

What is medial rotation and extension?

400

What is a common injury when a young kid FOOSH?

What is a Clavicular fracture?

500

What is the most common RTC muscle to be torn?

What is the supraspinatus? 

500

What nerve innervated the Pectoralis Major?

What is the Lateral and Medial Pectoral nerve (C5-T1)?

500

What is the pathology which results in increased inflammation, pain, and loss of shoulder ROM? 

What is frozen shoulder? 

500

Spinning a hula hoop around an outstretched hand requires what shoulder motion?

What is circumduction? 
500

What movements are required to get the shoulder into a closed pack position?

What is Abduction and external rotation? 

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