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101 Cards in this Set
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What vein goes through the deltopectoral triangle to join teh axillary vein?
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Cephalic Vein
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What vein pierces the deep fascia to join the brachial vein?
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Basilic Vein
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What nerve is located on the medial side of the biceps brachii tendon and is in close relationship to the basilic vein?
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Medial cutaneous nerve of the forearm
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What artery is on the deep surface of the deltoid muscle
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Posterior circumflex humeral artery
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What goes through the quadrangular space?
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Axillary nerve and posterior circumflex humeral artery
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The long head of the triceps brachii muscle passes through what muscles?
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Posterior to teres major and anterior to teres minor
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What nerve innervates the deltoid and teres minor
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Axillary
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The teres minor muscle performs what action?
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Laterally rotates humerous
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What action is performed by the teres major muscle?
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Medially rotates humerous and adducts
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What muscle innitiates abduction of the humerus?
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Supraspinatus
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Where are the suprascapular artery and nere found?
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Deep to the suprascapular muscle.
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What passes superior to the superior transverse scapular ligament?
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Suprascapular artery
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What are the muscles of the rotator cuff?
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Supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, subscapularis
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Attachment of subscapularis
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lesser tubercle
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The posterior wall of the axilla is
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teres major and latissimus dorsi
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The axillary sheath extends from
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the lateral border of the first rib to the inferior border of the teres major muscle
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Where does the axillary artery begin and end?
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Begins at the lateral border of teh first rib and ends at the inferior border of the teres major
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Name the branches of the first part of the axillary artery
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Superior thoracic
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Name the branches of the second part of the axillary artery
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thoraco-acromial artery and lateral thoracic artery
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Name the branches of the thoraco-acromial artery
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Acromial branch, deltoid branch, pectoral branch and clavicular branch
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What artery corses in the deltopectoral groove with the cephalic vein
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deltoid branch
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Name the branchs of teh third part of the axillary artery
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subscapular artery, posterior and anterior circumflex humeral arteries
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What muscle does the thoracodorsal artery supply?
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Latissimus dorsi
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Anterior/posterior circumflex humeral arteries supply
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deltoid
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What passes through the quadrangular space?
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posterior circumfles humeral artery and axillary nerve
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What muscle does teh musculocutaneous nerve enter
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coracobrachialis
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What are 2 branches of teh medial cord
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medial cutaneous nerve or the forearm and arm
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Name branches of the posterior cord
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axillary nerve, radial nerve and 3 subscapular nerves
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Upper subscapular nerve innervates
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subscapularis muscle
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middle subscapular nerve/thoracodorsal nerve innervates
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latissimus dorsi
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Lower subscapular nerve innervates
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subscapularis muscle and teres major
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What is the distal attachment of the subscapularis muscle?
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lesser tubercle of humerus
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The subscapularis muscle's action
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medially rotates the humerus
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the long thoracic nerve sends branches to
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the serratus anterior
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injury to the long thoracic nerve will cause
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winged scapula
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damage to the thoracodorsal nerve results in
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weakened ability to extend adduct and medially rotate the humerus
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Injury to the axillary nerve results in
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weakened ability to abduct and laterally rotate the humerus
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The anterior compartment of the arm contains
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biceps brachii, brachialis, coracobrachialis and musculocutaneous nerve
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The posterior compartment of the arm contains
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Triceps brachii, anconeus, radialnerve deep artery and vein of arm
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What muscles are attached to the coracoid process
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Pectoralis minor, biceps brachii, coracobrachialis
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What is the broad extension of the biceps tendon that attaches to the antebrachial fascia?
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bicipital aponeurosis
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The musculocutaneous nerve innervates the
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biceps brachii, brachialis and coracobrachialis
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The attachments of the brachialis muscle are
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anterior surface of the distal one-half of the humerus and the coronois process of the ulna
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Nerves in the anterior compartment of the arm
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Medial,ulner and musculocutaneous (supplies the muscles in this compartment)
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Nerve that supplies the posterior compartment of arm and forearm
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radial
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the musculocutaneous nerve turns into the
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lateral cutaneous nerve
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Describe the course of the medial nerve in the arm
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It courses distally within the medial intermuscular septum with the brachial artery.
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What are the branches of the brachial artery
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deep artery of the arm, superior ulnar collateral arter and inferior ulnar colateral artery
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What is the course of the deep artery of the arm
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Courses around the posterior surface of the humerus where it accompanies the radial nerve in the radial groove
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What is the course of the inferior ulnar collateral artery?
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passes anterior to the medial epicondyle btwn the brachialis and pronator teres muscle
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What is the proximal attachment of the long head of the triceps?
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the infraglenoid tubercle of the scapula
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What runs through the opening between the long head of the triceps and the lateral head of the triceps
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radial nerve and deep artery of the arm
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What is the most medial head of the triceps?
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the long head
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What is in the radial groove?
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deep artery of arm and radial nerve
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WHat are the attachments of the aconeus muscle
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proximal = lateral epicondyle of the humerus
Distal = lateral surface of the olecranon and post. surface of ulna |
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WHat is the action of aconeus
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assists triceps in extension
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All muscles in the anterior compartment of the arme are innervated by..
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musculocutaneous nerve
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all muscles in the posterior compartment of the arm are innervated by..
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radial nerve
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what artery supplies the deep group of flexor muscles
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anterior interosseous
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what artery supplies the extensor group of forearm muscles
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posterior interosseous
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What does the ulnar nerve innervate?
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flexor carpi ulnaris muscle and medial one half of the flexor digitorum profundus muscle
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What muscles comprise the deep group of flexor muscles
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flexor digitorum profundus, flexor pollicis longus and pronator quadratus
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What does the flexor pollicus longus muscle do
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flexes the thumb
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Most muscles of the anterior compartment of the forearm are innervated by
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median nerve
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The flexor retinaculum bridges
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scaphoid,pisiform, hamate,and trapezium
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What two cutaneous nerves originate from the medial cord or the brachial plexus?
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Medial brachial and medial antebrachial cutaneous nerves
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From what nerve does the lateral brachial cuteneous nerve arise?
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axillary nerve
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From what nerve does the lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve arise?
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musculocutaneous nerve
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From what nerve do the posterior brachial and antebrachial cutaneous nerves arise?
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radial nerve
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The basilic vein merges with venae comitantes of the axillary artery to form..
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Axillary Vein
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From what rami does the musculocutaneous nerve arise?
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C5-C7 (upper and middle trunks)
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From which rami does the axillary nerve arise?
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C5-C6 (upper trunk)
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From which rami does the radial nerve arise?
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C5-T1 (all trunks)
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From which rami does the median nerve arise?
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C5-T1 (all trunks)
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From which rami does the ulnar nerve originate?
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C8-T1 (lower trunk)
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The Erb-duchenne injury involves what nerves?
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musculocutaneous, buprascapular, axillary and phrenic
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What are the clinical signs of Erb-duchenne?
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Arm is pronated and medially rotated; ipsilateral paralysis of diaphragm
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Klumpke injury involves what nerves?
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medial, ulnar and sympathetics of TI (
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What are the clinical signs of Klumpke?
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Loss of function of the hand and wrist; Horner's syndrome
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What does injury to the long thoracic nerve cause?
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paralyzation of th eserratus anterior: winging of scapula
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What will an injury to the axillary nerve cause?
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impaired abduction of the arm (paralysis of deltoid); weakened lateral rotation of the arm (teres minor); sensory loss on lateral side of arm
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What will an injury to the radial nerve cause?
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Paralysis of the muscles of the extensory compartment of the forearm-extension of wrist and digits lost; supination lost; sensory to the lateral dorsum of hand lost "wrist drop"
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What will an injury to the median nerve at/above elbow cause?
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paralysis of muscles in te flexor compartment of the arm; hand will deviate to ulnar side on flexion; cannot flex middle and index finger; pronation lost; abduction, opposition and flexion of thumb lost; sensory of lateral palmar part of hand lost "ape hand" and "benediction hand"
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What will injury to the median nerve at the wrist cause?
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weakened flexion of middle and index fingers (paralysis of lumbricals); abduction and opposition of thumb lost; sensory loss on lateral side of hand (except dorsum of thumb)
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What will injury to the ulnar nerve at or about the elbow cause?
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Paralysis of flexor carpi ulnaris-hand deviates to radial side upon flexion; Paralysis of the medial side of flexor digitorum profundus-flexion of the ring and little finger at DIP joint is lost; paralysis of lumricals 3 and 4-flexion at MP joint lost; paralysis of palmar and dorsal interosseous muscles occurs so abduction and aduction of fingers are lost "claw hand"
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What will injury to teh ulnar nerve at the wrist cause?
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paralysis of lumbricles 3 and 4-flexion at mp joint lost; extension of these fingers lost; abduction and adduction lost; flexion of fingers at mp joint lost; adduction of thumb lost; movement of pinky lost; sensory lost; "claw hand"
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What does the lower triangular space transmit?
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radial nerve and deep brachial artery
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What nerve innervates the subscapularis?
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subscapular nerve
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What nerve innervates infraspinatus?
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suprascapular nerve
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what nerve innervates the teres minor?
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axillary nerve
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What nerve innervats the supraspinatus?
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suprascapular
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What is the most common direction of a shoulder dislocation?
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anterior/inferior
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Where does a fracture of the clavicle most commonly occur?
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the middle one third
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Lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) is the inflammation of what tendon?
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Common extensor tendon of the wrist where it originates on the lateral epicondyle of the humerus.
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Medial epicondylitis (golfer's elbow) is inflammation of what tendon?
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Common flexor tendon of the wrist where it originates on the medial epicondyle of the humerus.
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Tommy John surgery replaces/augmentw what ligament?
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Ulnar collateral
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What muscle flexes the PIP joint?
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flexor digitorum superficialis
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What muscle flexes the DIP joint?
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flexor digitorum profundus
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What structures pass through the carpel tunnel?
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flexor digitorum superficialis and profundus tendons, flexor pollicis longis tendon and medial nerve
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What are the clinical signs of carpel tunnel syndrome?
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sensory loss on the palmar and dorsal aspects of index, niddle and half of ring fingers and palmar aspect of thumb, ape hand, extension of the wrist relieves symptoms
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What is the most commonly fractured carpal bone?
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Scaphoid
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