MSK 3 Flashcards
(40 cards)
What is a bursa?
- usually in areas that are actively moving
- between tendons and bones or between bony prominence and the skin
- happens at acromion, elbow

What is bursitis?
- usually work related
- inflammation of bursa
- drainage of the bursa isn’t really done anymore

What are tendon sheaths?
- synovium found here
- like a bursa but it is wrapped around the tendon
- when tendon moves, bursa lubricates the movement

What is tendonitis and tendinosis?
- tendonitis is acute, tendinosis is chronic
- synovial sheaths are separated in the finger
- infection spreads usually from tendon sheath to the carpal tunnel then to the finger on the opposite side

Describe flexion vs extension and abduction vs adduction

Describe protraction and retraction

Describe circumduction
- circular movement
- requires 4 muscles that are organized around the joint

Describe abduction and adduction of the fingers
- based on the middle finger as the midline
- as you bring them back towards the middle finger and “add” them, it is adduction

Describe abduction, adduction, flexion, and extension of the thumb
- abduction occurs in plane of the nail bed (remain parallel)
- thumb is on there at an angle so in order to abduct it, it comes a bit foward to be in the plane of the nail bed (position how you would open a jar)
- flexion comes across the hand
- extension comes out

What is pronation and supination of the forearm?
- pronated position crosses the radius over the ulna
- supination the bones are parallel

Can pronation and supination happen with the lower limb?
- no, the two bones do not move with respect to one another
- they bear the weight of the body
- only movement that can occur is because the ankle has pliability so you can invert and evert

What is dorsiflexion versus plantarflexion

Describe the arteries of the upper limb
- begins as a branch off of the aorta called the subclavian
- at armpit level, axillary
- in arm, brachial
- in forearm, branches into radial and ulnar
- into the hand, radial and ulnar join together to form an anastomosis called the palmar arch (superficial and deep)

Describe the arteries of the lower limb
- external iliac goes underneath the inguinal ligament to go into the lower limb and instantly becomes the femoral artery
- at the back of the knee, called the popliteal
- divides into anterior and posterior tibial artery
- on the top of the foot, dorsal pedal artery

What are the arterial pulse points?
- subclavian, brachial, radial/ulnar, femoral, popliteal, dorsalis pedis
- evaluate the pulse from proximal to distal to see if there is a narrowing of the artery at some point
Where do veins return into the heart?
-superior and inferior vena cava
What are the principle veins in systemic circulation?
- deep set of veins that have the same names as the arteries
- superficial system of veins you can see underneath your skin
- cephalic vein drains into subclavian vein
- basilic vein drains into brachial vein

Where are all of the extensors located?
- behind the transverse processes of the vertebrae
- when these contract, body moves back

Where are the flexors located?
- in front of the transverse processes of the vertebrae
- bring body forward when they contract (flexion)

What muscles are used to move the spine laterally
-contract the flexors and extensors at the same time on the same side
What are the muscles of the anterior body wall?
- external oblique (muscle fibres run down and medially)
- rectus abdominus (straight up and down)
- internal oblique under the external oblique
- third deepest layer; muscle fibres run horizontally across the abdomen in the transverse abdominus

What are the functions of the muscles of the anterior body wall?
- keep intestines in
- increase intra-abdominal pressure (to put pressure on bladder)
- micturition
- parturition
- defecation
What is the innervation of the anterior body wall?
- innervated segmentally by the ventral rami of the mixed spinal nerves
- motor to flexors of the spine
- sensory to skin on anterior surface (superficial sensory branches)

What are the extrinsic muscles of the back?
- superficial muscles if you just remove the skin
- they have their origin in the axial skeleton but insertion in the appendicular skeleton
- muscles have an action on the appendicular skeleton
- trapezius, rhomboids, and latissumus dorsi make up the larger areas covering the intrinsic back muscles
















