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What is the functional consideration of the upper limb and how does this affect the bone structure?

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  • Mobility and ability to perform fine motor skills and grasp.
  • Weight bearing is not a consideration
  • Allows bones to be lighter and less robust
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What 4 regions can the upper limb be separated into?

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  • Shoulder
  • Arm
  • Forearm
  • Hand
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What does the emphasis on mobility of the UL compromise and how?

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  • Stability compromised

- Limited fixation to axial skeleton

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How is the UL fixated to the axial skeleton?

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  • Ant. = sternoclavicular joint

- Post = muscles to vertebral column

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What does the clavicle connect?

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-Upper limb to trunk

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What do the sternal and acromial ends of the clavicle articulate with?

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  • Sternal: with manubrium at the sternoclavicular joint (SC)

- Acromial: with the acromion of the scapula at the acromioclavicular joint (AC).

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What are the shapes of the parts of the clavicle?

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  • Medial 2/3rds concave ant.

- Lateral 1/3rd flattened and concave ant.

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What function can the clavicle act out?

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Acts as a strut

Can transmit weight

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What is the internal structure of the clavicle?

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No medullary cavity, trabecular with a shell of compact bone.

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What shape is the scapula?

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Large flat triangular bone

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Where around would you find the scapula in terms of ribs?

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Overlaps ribs 2-7

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Name the different parts of the scapula?

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  • Acromion
  • Coracoid
  • Glenoid
  • Medial border
  • Spine
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What is the spine of the scapula?

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Sharp ridge, divides bone into supraspinous and infraspinous fossa.

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What and where are the acromion processes of scapula?

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Are lateral and high point

Articulate with clavicle

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What and where is the glenoid cavity of scapula?

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Lateral, inferior to acromion

Articulates with humerus

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What and where are the coracoid processes of scapula?

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  • Lateral and anterior

- Muscles attatch here

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What is the medial border of the spine?

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Place for attatchment of muscles

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What joins the scapula with the axial skeleton?

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No joint

So held in place by muscles

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What muscles hold the scapula in place?

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  • Trapezius
  • Rhomboids
  • Levator scapulae
  • Serratus anterior
  • Pectoralis minor
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What movments may the muscles surrounding the scapula generate?

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  • Protraction/retraction
  • Lat rotation/ med rotation
  • Elevation/ depression
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What are the joints of the pectoral girdle?

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  • Sternoclavicular

- Acromioclavicular

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What type of joint is the sternoclavicular joint?

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Synovial, acts as ball and socket joint

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What makes up the sternoclavicular joint?

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-Notch of manubrium and medial clavicle

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What strengthens the SC joint to prevent dislocation, name and explain what they do/where they are?

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Ligaments
Sternoclavicular ligament = capsule thicked ant. and post.
Interclavicular ligament = at med. end of clavicle
Costoclavicular ligament = from 1st rib to clavicle

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What type of joint is the AC joint?
Gliding, synovial
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Where is the AC joint?
Lateral clavicle -acromion
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What ligaments strengthen the AC joint?
- Coracoclavicular - Acromioclavicular - Coracoacromial
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What is the shoulder joint?
Glenohumeral joint
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What does the glenohumeral joint join?
Head of humerus and glenoid cavity of scapula.
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What type of joint is the glenohumeral joint?
Synovial, multiaxial ball and socket
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Why does the shoulder joint have limited stability and what can help provide this?
- Poor bony fit, loose capsule and ligaments. | - Stability can be provided by rotator cuff muscles
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What is the axilla and what does it do and how?
Is a pyrmaidal space that helps communicate between UL and neck. It does this through, BP, lymph nodes and axillary vessels.
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What are the landmarks of the axilla and how and where do they appear?
- Apex; passageway between neck and axilla, points up and medially - Floor; upward arching skin sheet - Ant. wall; pectoral muscles - Post. wall; subscapularis, teres major and lat. dorsi - Med. wall; chest wall and serratus ant. - Lat. wall; humerus and muscles
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What is the brachial plexus?
A major network of nerves supplying upper limb.
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What nerves make up the brachial plexus?
-Ventral Rami of C5-T1 spinal nerve roots. | Minor contribution from C4 and T2.
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What does the brachial plexus do?
Provides sensory, motor and sympathetic nerve supply to pectoral girdle and upper limb (except trapezius).
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Where does the brachial plexus extend?
-Extends inferiorly and laterally through neck/axilla into arm.
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Why does the brachial plexus have a complex re-routing system?
-Provides a back up mechanism
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Describe the organisation of the brachial plexus?
- Roots (5) - Trunks (3) - Divisions (6) - Cords (3) - Branches
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What are the 5 BP roots, where do they emerge and then unite to form?
- Ventral rami of C5-T1 - Emerge between scalene anterior and medial muscles. - Unite to form 3 trunks
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How can the 3 trunks of BP be named, where are they located and what do they divide into?
- Upper - C5 + C6 - Middle C7 - Lower C8 + T1 - Located in neck, each trunk divides into divisions.
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How can the divisions of the BP be categorised and what areas do they supply, what do they then form and how?
- Can be anterior or posterior - Anterior = supply flexor muscles and skin of front of UL. - Posterior supply the extensors and skin on back of UL. - Pass deep to middle 1/3 clavicle into apex of axilla and regroup to form cords.
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What are the cords of the BP, how are they named, and what makes each of them up?
- Names according to position to axillary artery. - Lat. cord= ant. divisions of sup. and middle trunks - Med. Cord= ant. division of inf. trunk - Post. cord= uniting post. divisions of all 3 trunks.
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What are the terminal branches coming from each of the Cords of the BP?
- Lat cord = musculocutaneous, median - Med. cord = median, ulnar - Post cord = radial, axillary
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What are the other main supraclavicular branches of the BP?
- Dorsal scapular - Long thoracic - Suprascapular
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What are the other main infraclavicular branches of BP?
- Medial and lateral pectoral - Upper and lower subscapular - Thoracodorsal
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What may happen as a result of injury to BP?
- Affect movement and sensory. | - Paralysis and anaesthesia
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What may cause injury to BP?
- Disease - Stretching - Compression damage
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Describe crutch palsy and potential effects?
- After prolonged use of crutches | - Commonly affects radial nerve
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What may happen as a result of radial nerve damage and what may be another cause of it?
- Drop wrist - cant extend hand - May be caused by intramuscular deltoid injections
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What happens in carpal tunnel syndrome?
- Median nerve damage | - Numbness, tingling and pain in palm and fingers.
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What parts can the humerus be put into (shoulder part)?
- Head - Neck - Greater tubercule - Deltoid tuberosity - Lesser tubercule - Intertubercule groove
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What parts can humerus be put into (elbow part)?
- Areas that articulate with forearm : - Laterally, radius joins with capitolum - Medially, ulna joins with trochlea - Med and lateral epicondyles are sites for muscle attatchment
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What do the rotator cuff muscles do and what are they?
- Join scapula to humerus - Teres minor - Infraspinatus - Supraspinatus - Subscapularis
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What do muscles lying closer to shoulder do and name them?
- Smaller mechanical effect - Stabilise joints - Act as ligaments - Long head biceps - Triceps brachi - Rotator cuff
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What do muscles attatching a distance from the shoulder do and name them?
- Have considerable mechanical effect - Deltoid - Teres major - Short head biceps brachi

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