I Like To Pick Things Up and Put Them Down
Vampire Straws
Getting On My Last Nerve
Footloose
All Hands on Deck!
100

Origin: Ischial tuberosity 

Insertion: Upper anteromedial tibia, just below condyle (pes anserinus)

Action: Extend hip, flex knee 

Innervation: Tibial branch of sciatic nerve

Largely tendinous

What is semitendinosus?

100

Landmark where the descending thoracic aorta becomes the abdominal aorta

What is the diaphragm?

100

Weakness in grip strength and numbness/tingling in digits 1-4) could indicate carpel tunnel syndrome. A neuropathy of this nerve

What is median nerve?

100

Abducts digits 2-4 away from axial line along 2nd digit 

Assist lumbricals in flexion of MTP joints and extension of IP joints of digits 2-4

What are dorsal interossei?

100

This abductor muscle originates from the pisiform and transverse carpal ligament

What is the abductor digiti minimi?

200

Origin: Dorsal head and upper 1/3rd of fibula & soleal line

Insertion: Through tendon calcaneus into mid-posterior calcaneus

Action: Plantarflex ankle

Innervation: Tibial Nerve

Kinda fishy

What is soleus?

200

The brachiocephalic vein drains into this

What is the superior vena cava?

200

Innervates the gluteus maximus

What is inferior gluteal nerve?

200

Use this muscle, that originates in the foot, to point your big toe up in the air


What is extensor hallucis brevis?

200

# of Lumbricals of right hand

+

# of Lumbricals of left hand

-

# of Dorsal interossei of right hand

=

What is 4

300

Origin: Anterior distal 2/3 of humerus

Insertion: Coronoid process and tuberosity of ulna

Action: Flex elbow

Innervation: Musculocutaneous and Radial Nerves

What is brachialis?

300

Landmark where the external iliac artery becomes the femoral artery

What is inguinal ligament?

300

In the axilla and the proximal aspect of the upper limb

Roots: C5, C6, C7

Motor Functions: Innervates the brachialis, biceps brachii and coracobrachialis muscles 

Sensory Functions: Gives off the lateral cutaneous branch of the forearm, which innervates the lateral half of the anterior forearm, and a small lateral portion of the posterior forearm.

What is musculocutaenous nerve?

300

Flat, square-shaped muscle with two heads of origin, that inserts into the common tendon of flexor digitorum longus, to assist with flexion of digits 2-5

What is quadratus plantae?

300

The deep palmar arch drain blood of the hand into these veins (name both)

What are the radial and ulnar veins?

400

Origin: Anterior iliac crest, notch between ASIS and AIIS

Insertion: Iliotibial band to Gerdy’s tubercle of tibia

Action: Flex, abduct, and internally rotate femur; extend lower leg at knee

Innervation: Superior gluteal nerve

What is tensor fasciae latae (TFL)?

400

Anastamosis of L & R vertebral arteries form this artery, which supplies the brain

What is basilar?

400

The tibial and common fibular nerves are branches of this nerve

What is sciatic?

400

What is abductor digiti minimi?

400

What is flexor pollicus brevis?

500

Origin: Transverse process, sides of bodies and fibrocartilaginous discs of vertebrae T12-L5

Insertion: Lesser trochanter of femur (with Iliacus)

Action: Flex and rotate hip laterally

Innervation: Femoral Nerve (L1 – L3 S.N.)

What is psoas major?

500

The source for the left common carotid 

What is the aortic arch?

500

A significant nerve for bowel incontinence, this nerve is derived from roots S2, S3, and S4 and is part of the sacral plexus

What is pudendal nerve?

500

The only muscle of the big toe that is innervated by the lateral plantar nerve

What is adductor hallucis?

500

This muscle tenses skin of the palm and protects the ulnar nerve and artery

What is palmaris brevis?