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UPPERLIMB

Whatisalimb?
Sensorytoupperlimb
Makingitmove
Bonesandjoints
Musclesandnerves

Vascularsupply
Surfaceanatomy
(musclestudyhint)

Whatisalimb?
Ventralsomaticoutgrowthofoutertube
Bones(withbone,cartilage,marrow,NAV,
etc.)
Joints
Muscle
Nerves
Vascularsupply

Novisceraallinnervationissomatic
(motororsensory)fromventralramusof
spinalnerve(exceptautonomicstoblood
vessels)

Sensoryfromlimb
(dermatomes/sensoryskin
segmentsfromspine)
Dermatomesextend
overlimbs
Twistedorientation
reflectstwistingoflimb
duringdevelopment
Namednervesgenerally
innervateskinover
musclesthatthey
innervate

Sensoryterritoryofnerves
Brachialplexusservestore
directspinalroutesinto
namednervescovering
certainterritory

Cutaneous branches of
medial cord/ulnar nerve

UpperLimbSkeleton(oldhat?)

Scapula
Humerus
Radius,ulna
Carpalsproximal,
distal
Digits
Metacarpals
Phalanges

Joints
JOINT BETWEEN MOVEMENT TYPE

Muscles
ofScapula

IfINSERTIONonscapula=Move
scapula

Rhomboids
Trapezius
PectoralisMinor
SerratusVentralis
LevatorScapulae

IfORIGINonscapula=MoveArm

pg299

Subscapularis
Rotator
Supraspinatus
Cuff
Infraspinatus
TeresMinor
TeresMajor
LatissimusDorsi(partialOonscap)
Coracobrachialis

UselocationofInsertiontodetermineexactmovement!!

POSTERIOR AND ANTERIOR COMPARTMENTS

BrachialPlexus

M&M,Fig.14.11

PosteriorCompartmentposteriorcord
Anteriorcompartmentmedial,lateralcords
Nameofcordisrelativetoaxillaryartery

ANTERIORMUSCLES
MC
Biceps
brachialis

POSTERIORMUSCLES

Median

Muscles(radialnerve)
Forearmflexors
Triceps
Thumbintrinsics(1M$nerve)
Anconeus
Ulnar
Brachioradialis
Flexorcarpiulnaris
Carpal,digitextensors
Handintrinsics

Musclesandnervesbycompartment

PosteriorCompartmentofForearm

LateralEpicondyle
Extensordigitorum
Extensorcarpiulnaris

PosteriorView

Brachioradialis
ExtCarpiRadialisLongus

AnteriorCompartmentForearm
pg302
MedialEpicondyle
Brachioradialis
PronatorTeres
FlexorCarpiRadialis
FlexorCarpiUlnaris
FlexorRetinaculum

AnteriorView

FlexorDigitorumSuperficialis
isdeeptootherflexors

Routesofnerves(inhuman)
MC:betweenbicepsbrachiiandbrachialis
Median:medial/posteriortobiceps,branchesinto
forearmflexorsatelbowthentohandthroughcarpal
tunnel
Recurrentmedian(1M$)superficialatwristtothumbover
thenaremminence)deficitapeshand

Ulnar:medialinarm,posteriortomedialepicondleof
humerus(funnybone)downmedialforearmmedialto
carpaltunnelintopalm
Radial:deepposteriorarmaroundlateralepicondyle
ofhumerustoforearm(deepandsuperficialbranches)

Vascularsupply
Subclavianaxillary
radial(samestreet,new
streetsigneveryblock)
Collateralcirculation
Posterior/anterior
circumflexhumeral
Deepbrachiala.

Radiala.(withmediann.)
deeppalmararch
Ulnara.(withulnarn.)
superficialpalmararch

MedianNerve

UlnarNerve

BrachialArtery
MusculocutaneousNerve

UlnarArtery

WheresRadialNerve?

RadialArtery
MedianNerve

UlnarNerve

Axilla=Armpit
Regionbetweenarmandchest
Boundaries
Ventralpectoralmuscles
Dorsal=latissimusdorsi,teresmajor
subscapularis
Medial=serratusventralis
Lateral=bicipitalgrooveofhumerus

Contents
Axillarylymphnodes,Axillaryvessels
BrachialPlexus

SurfaceAnatomyofUpperLimb

Biceps+Tricepsbrachii
OlecrenonProcess
MedialEpicondyle
CubitalFossa
Anteriorsurfaceelbow
Contents
MedianCubitalVein
BrachialArtery
MedianNerve

Boundaries
Medial=Pronatorteres
Lateral=Brachioradialis
Superior=Linebetweenepicondyles

pg786+784

SurfaceAnatomy
ofUpperLimb

CarpalTunnel
Carpalsconcaveanteriorly
Carpalligamentcoversit
Contains:longtendons,
Mediannerve
Inflammationoftendons=
compressionofMedian
nerve

AnatomicalSnuffbox

pg306,788

Lateral=E.pollicisbrevis
Medial=E.pollicislongus
Floor=scaphoid,styloidof
radius
ContainsRadialArtery
(pulse)

Suggestion:amuscletable
organizedby
Jointcrossed?
Nerveinnervating?
Action?
Compartments?
Alloftheabove?
MUSCLE ACTION ORIGIN

INSERTION INNERVATION
(cordtonerve)

Biceps

Radial
tuberosity

Flex,sup.

Humerus,
glenoid

MedialcordMC.

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