Muscles And Fasciae Of The Upper Limb part 1 Flashcards
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Muscles are attached to the skeleton at two points/areas to carry out their actions on joints:
Point of Origin
Point of Insertion
Muscle attaches to a 💡more stable bone in the contraction.
💡More proximal/ nearer to the center of the body
💡Have greater mass
Point of Origin
The 💡opposite end that 💡tends to move while the body part of the 💡origin is stabilized.
💡More distal
Have 💡less mass
Example: Biceps brachii muscle of the arm
- Contraction of its muscle will bring the forearm or elbow into flexion.
Point of Insertion
Associated with the lateral aspect of the lower part of the neck; suspended from the trunk by muscles and the sternoclavicular joint
UPPER LIMB
It is a small 💡skeletal articulation 💡between the clavicle and the sternum
Sternoclavicular joint
It is the 💡area of the upper limb attachment to the trunk.
Shoulder
It is the part of the upper limb 💡between the shoulder and the elbow joint.
Arm
It is is 💡between the elbow joint and the wrist joint.
Forearm
It is 💡distal to the wrist joint
Hand
Three significant 💡areas of transition between the different parts of the limb:
Major structures pass though these areas:
Axilla
Cubital Fossa
Carpal tunnel
o Irregularly shaped 💡pyramidal area
o Formed by muscles and bones of the shoulder and the lateral surface of the thoracic wall
o Where 💡all major structures that pass between the neck and arm pass through
• Apex or Inlet - opens directly into the lower portion of the neck
• Floor - skin of the armpit.
Axilla
o 💡Triangularly shaped depression
formed by muscle 💡anterior to the elbow joint
💡Brachial artery
💡Radial nerve
Cubital Fossa
o Gate way of the palm of the hand
o Where the 💡median nerve and all the 💡long flexor tendons passing from the forearm to the digits of the hand pass through
o Its posterior, lateral, and medial walls form an arch - made up of 💡small carpal bones in the proximal region of the hand namely:
• 💡Pisiform and hamate- medially
• 💡Scaphoid and trapezium- laterally
o 💡Flexor retinaculum- provides roof of this tunnel
Carpal tunnel
MUSCLES OF THE SHOULDER
Trapezius Deltoid Levator scapulae Rhomboid major Rhomboid minor
SUPERFICIAL MUSCLES OF THE SHOULDER
Trapezius
Deltoid
It attaches the 💡scapula and clavicle to the trunk
Trapezius
It attaches the scapula and clavicle to the humerus
Deltoid
Origin of the trapezius
💡Skull (Occipital bone)
💡Spinous pocess of vertebrae (💡CI to TXII)
💡 CI to CVII, attaches to the vertebrae through the 💡ligamentum nuchae
INSERTION of the trapezius
Lateral third of the clavicle and acromion
Spine of scapula
ACTION of the trapezius muscle
Powerful 💡elevator of the shoulder; 💡rotates the scapula to extend the reach superiorly.
INNERVATION of the trapezius muscle
💡Accessory nerve [XI] and the 💡anterior rami of cervical nerves C3 and C4
A 💡large and 💡triangular muscle, with its 💡base attached to the scapula and clavicle and its 💡apex attached to the humerus.
Made up of 3 parts: Anterior, Middle, and Posterior
DELTOID
ORIGIN of the deltoid muscle
Long a continuous U-shaped line of attachment to the 💡clavicle and the 💡scapula, mirroring the adjacent insertion sites of the trapezius muscle
INSERTION of the deltoid muscle
💡Deltoid tuberosity on the lateral surface of the shaft of the humerus