Functional anatomy of upper limb Flashcards

(39 cards)

1
Q
A
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q
A
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q
A
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q
A
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

wheres the thenar eminence and hypothenar eminence

A
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

which bone / bones articulate with the scaphoid & lunate?

A

just the radius!

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

why is the scaphoid a clinically significant bone? [2]

A

has a retrograde artery (comes in proximally and comes out distally)
if you get a fracture -> portion becomes avascular and necrotic

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

what movement does the radio-carpal bone permit? [2]

what movement does the mid-carpal bone permit? [2]

what movement does carpo-metacarpal bone permit? [2]

A

what movement does the radio-carpal bone permit? [2]

  • *- flexion & extension
  • adbuct & adduct**

what movement does the mid-carpal bone permit? [2]

  • *- flexion & extension
  • adbuct & adduct**

what movement does carpo-metacarpal bone permit? [2]

  • **opposition of thumb
  • very limited other movement**
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

what movements does the MCP joint permit? [2]

what movements does the PIP joint permit? [2]

what movements does the DIP joint permit? []

A

what movements does the MCP joint permit? [2]

  • *- flex & extend
  • abduct & adduct**

​what movements does the PIP joint permit? [2]

  • *- flex & extend
  • abduct & adduct**

what movements does the DIP joint permit? [1]
- flex & extend

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q
A
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q
A
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q
A

(thumb)

abducted & extended

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

what are the characteristics of power grip?
and subtypes? [3]

A
  • *power grip**
  • all fingers flexed around object, thumb curled around to press agaisnt / meet fingers
  • all muscles closing hand are active
  • wrist extensors are active - stable base
  • most primitive (new borns can do)

i) hook or snap
ii) cylindrical grasp
iii) spherical grasp

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

what are the two main types of grip? [2]
which is more complex to perfom?

A
  • power grip
  • precision grip - more complex
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

what do patients with radial nerve palsy struggle to be able to do?

why?

A

what do patients with radial nerve palsy struggle to be able to do?
- power grip

​why?
- wrist extensors are active when performing a power grip - causes stabilisation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

what are the characterisitcs of precision grip?

A

what are the characterisitcs of precision grip?

  • object held between tip of thumb and 1,2 or 3 fingers
  • intrinsic muscles involved, co-operative with long flexor and extensor muscles
  • complex - takes around 9 months to learn
18
Q

what are 4 muscles of thenar emincence? & innervation?

A
  • flexor pollicis brevis - median nerve
  • oppenens pollicis - median nerve
  • abductor pollicis brevis - median nerve
  • adductor pollicis - ulnar nerve
19
Q
A

flexor digit minimi
oppenens digiti minimi
abductor digiti minimi

20
Q

which muscles are your lumbricles?

  • which muscle do they arise from?
  • what movements do they cause of MCP [1] & IP [1]?
  • innervation/
A

which muscles are your lumbricles?

which muscle do they arise from:
- flexor digitorum profundus

what movements do they cause of MCP [1] & IP [1]

  • MCP: FLEX
  • IP: EXTENSION

innervation
2 median, 2 ulnar

21
Q

which muscles are your dorsal interossei?

  • what movements do they cause of fingers?

innervation?

A

dorsal interssei ABduct: DAB

cause abduction of fingers

ulnar innervation

22
Q

which muscles are your palmar interossei?

  • what movements do they cause of fingers?

innervation?

A

which muscles are your palmar interossei?

what movements do they cause of fingers: adduction - PAD !

innervation ulnar nerve

23
Q

intrinsic muscles of the hand:

hypothenar eminence, medial 2 lumbricles, all dorsal and palamar interossei & adductor pollicis are innverated by which nerve?

thenar eminence & lateral 2 lumbricles are innverated by which nerve?

A

hypothenar eminence, medial 2 lumbricles, all dorsal and palamar interossei & adductor pollicis are innverated by ulnar nerve

thenar eminence & lateral 2 lumbricles are innverated by: median nervce

24
Q

which three nerves are involved in moving muscles of the hand?

musculocutaneous
median
ulnar
axillary
radial

A

which three nerves are involved in moving muscles of the hand?

musculocutaneous
median
ulnar

axillary
radial

25
fyi !
26
mid-humeral shaft fracture is a risk of damaging which nerve? ​ ​musculocutaneous median ulnar axillary radial
mid-humeral shaft fracture is a risk of damaging which nerve? ​ ​musculocutaneous median ulnar axillary **radial**
27
radial nerve palsy is characterised by what? [2] what can tempoary radial nerve palsy be caused by? [1]
_radial nerve palsy is characterised by what? [2]_ - **wrist drop** (lost innervation of extensors - creates unopposed flexion) * *- weak power grip** _what can tempoary radial nerve palsy be caused by? [1]_ - **saturday night palsy (**compression of nerve in armpit)
28
fyi
29
innervation of median nerve at supracondylar fractures of the humerus causes what?
- ask a patient to make a fist, can flex 4 & 5 (bc innervated by ulnar nerve), **but cant flex the first three digits** (MCP joints, 2&3 PIP joints & 2&3 DIP joints)
30
what is a common low median nerve injury? [1]
**carpal tunnel syndrome:** any condition in which carpal tunnel is compressed & causes median nerve compression - progessive loss of co-ordination and strength in thumb - pins and needles
31
fyi
32
what does high ulnar nerve injury cause? what does low ulnar nerve injury cause?
high ulnar nerve injury: **all muscles lost - neutral position** what does low ulnar nerve injury: **clawing of the hand** ## Footnote **= ulnar paradox !! bc higher up injury = less bad outcome**
33
which nerves provide the sensory innervation of the following places?
34
where do you test for sensory innervation for a) radial nerve b) median nerve c) ulnar nerve
where do you test for sensory innervation for a) radial nerve: **between thumb & first thing dorsally** b) median nerve: **outside of second finger** c) ulnar nerve: **outside of little finger**
35
36
ulnar nerve - low
37
radial
38
median
39
ulnar