Upper Limb — Flashcards

Muscles of the thenar eminence:1. _____2. Abductor pollicis brevis3. Flexor pollicis brevis

Anterior interosseous _____ and posterior interosseous nerve passes through the IVth compartment of the extensor retinaculum

Muscles of the hypothenar eminence:1. _____2. Abductor digiti minimi3. Flexor digiti minimi brevis

The borders of the quadrangular space of the shoulder are: Medial: _____ Lateral: surgical neck of humerus Superior: teres minor Inferior: teres major

The _____ (rotator cuff muscle) is innervated by the axillary nerve.

_____ space contains the 1st lumbrical, along with the flexor tendons of the index finger.

In the elbow there are three joints, these being:- _____ Joint- Ulnohumeral Joint- Proximal Radioulnar Joint

The median nerve gains access to the forearm in the medial aspect of the _____ fossa and then immediately courses between the humeral / ulnar heads of the pronator teres muscle

Scapular anastomosis is a form of collateral circulation which connects the _____ part of the subclavian artery with the third part of axillary artery

The _____ nerve travels with the posterior circumflex humeral artery around the surgical neck of the humerus