UPPER + LOWER LIMBS Flashcards
(35 cards)
The medial meniscus is usually more frequently injured.
YES
Does the ulnar nerve have any branches in the arm?
NO
The muscles of the thigh are subdivided into anterior, posterior and lateral groups
NO
Does the basilica vein perforate the brachial fascia
YES
Do any structures lie between the two heads of the pronantor teres?
YES,
The median nerve passes between the two heads of the pronator
Popliteal artery is a continuation of the femoral artery
YES
The ulnar nerve arises from the medial cord of the brachial plexus
YES
The flexor digitorum profundus muscle is supplied only by the ulnar nerve
NO
The deltoid muscle is supplied by the axillary nerve
YES
The biceps brachia muscle both supinates and pronates the forearm
NO
The superficial peroneal nerve supplies peroneus longus and brevis muscles
YES
The knee joint can do only flexion and extension
NO
The axillary vein is…
A single nerve
A hinge joint can only move in what direction?
Up + down
A saddle joint helps us to do what?
Pick up tiny objects
Write six joints and/ ligaments of the upper limb:
- Shoulder joint
- Elbow joint
- Wrist joint
- Collateral Radial Lig
- Collateral ulnar lig
- coracoacromial lig
Write six joint and/ ligaments of the lower limb:
- Hip joint
- Knee joint
- Talocrural joint
- Patellar lig
- Iliofemoral lig
- Ischiofemoral lig
The quadriceps femoris muscle is subdivided into four separate portions or “heads”. They are…
- Rectus Femoris
- Vastus Medialis
- Vastus Lateralis
- Vastus Intermedius
The triceps brachii muscle is subdivided into three separate portions or “heads”
They are…
- Medial
- Lateral
- Long
How are the supra scapular artery, vein and nerve related to the superior transverse scapular ligament bridging the scapular notch?
The supra scapular nerve passes under the ligament.
The suprascapular artery and vein pass over it
The ulnar nerve is accompanied by the what in the arm?
The superior ulnar collateral artery.
Where does the brachial artery divide into its terminal branches?
Within the cubital fossa
What structures in the superficial fascia overlie the cubital fossa? -2nerves + 1 vein
- Branches of medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve
- Lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve
- Median cubital vein
What muscle gives roundness to the shoulder?
Deltoid