BOARD QUESTIONS

Tendinous Intersections

Form the six-pack

Rotator Cuff Muscles

supraspinatus m., infraspinatus m., teres minor m., subscapularis m.

Orbicularis oculi m.

Closes the eyelids

Buccinator m.

Compresses your cheeks so your food stays in your mouth.

Biceps brachii m.

The guns of the arm

Medial head of the triceps brachii m.

Not really medial - better name is "deep head"

Palmaris longus m.

About 20% of folks don't have one

Supinator m.

antagonist = the pronator teres m.

Extensor pollucis longus m.

Its tendon is seperated from the EP brevis by the anatomical snuffbox

Psoas minor m.

40% of people dont have one

Iliopsoas m.

Psoas major and iliacus muscles fuse in upper thigh.

Pelvic diaphragm m.

Forms the floor of the pelvic cavity. Supports the pelvic organs.

Gluteus maximus m.

Largest single muscle in the body.

Satorius m.

Longest muscle in the body

Tibialis anterior m.

Microtears cause shin splints

Origins, Insertions and actions of major muscles

Pectoralis minor, Originates in ribs 2-5, Insertion in the coracoid process of the scapula, Action Depresses and protracts shoulder.

Hard palate

Constructed from parts of the maxilla and palatine bone.

Zygomatic Arch

Constructed from parts of the zygomatic and temporal bones

Cribifoem plate

The tiny holes are for olfactory nerves

Sella turcica

Pituitary gland rests here

Foramen lacerum

Filled with cartilage in the living

Carotid canal

For the internal carotid artery. The canal opens into the cranial cavity via foramen lacerum

Hypoglossal canal

Below the tongue

Maxillary sinuses

Largest sinus

Ethmoid air cells

20 seperate air spaces

Superior and inferior notches

Together they make intervertebral foramen

Name 2 of 3 features of Cervical vertebrae

Small bodies, Transverse foramina

Name 2 features of thoracic vertebrae

Sloping spinous processes, Facets for ribs on bodies and transverse processes

Name 2 Features of Lumbar vertebrae

Large bodies, Long transverse processes

Sacrum

Made of 5 fused vertebrae

Coccyx

3-5 partially fused vertebrae

Coastal Cartilages

Made of Hyaline cartilage

Coracoid process

Crow's beak

surgical neck

common site of fractures

olecranon

point of elbow

Phalanx

latin for thumb is "pollex"

Ala of the ilium

Latin = wing

pelvic inlet

fetus must pass through before first stage of labor

Linea aspera

Latin = rough line

trochlea of talus b.

the dome also articulates with tibia at talocrural joint

phalanges

phalanx = a line of soldiers

acromioclavicular joint

joint disruption causes shoulder seperation

pronation

palm down

supination

palm up

Carpometacarpal j

First CMP joint is a saddle joint, allows the thumb to be mobile and opposable

iliofemoral ligament

strongest ligament

Name 2 joints and types

Pubic symphysis = symphysis joint

Hip joint = ball - and socket joint