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UPPER LIMB
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What is a limb?
Skeleton
Joints
Shoulder/Scapula
muscles
Brachial plexus—
getting spinal nerves
out onto limb
Muscles—anterior
and posterior
compartments
Sensory innervation
Surface anatomy
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Vinci drawings
What is a limb?
• Ventral somatic outgrowth of
outer tube
– Bones (made of bony tissue,
cartilage, and other tissues)
– Joints
– Muscles
– Nerves (with motor neurons to
muscles, sensory neurons to
skin, proprioceptors)
• No viscera--all innervation is
somatic (motor or sensory)
from ventral ramus of spinal
nerve (except autonomics to
blood vessels)
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Upper Limb Skeleton
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Scapula
Humerus
Radius, ulna
Carpals-proximal, distal
• Digits
– Metacarpals
– Phalanges
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Joints
JOINT BETWEEN MOVEMENT TYPE
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Muscle origins and insertions
• Muscle crosses joint
• Origin is usually proximal and
insertion is usually distal
• Origin is considered fixed in
analyzing muscle action
• Muscle action (concentric) is
given by movement of
insertion relative to origin
across joint
• Remember:
– Sometimes insertion might be
fixed
– Muscle may be active
isometrically and concentrically
giving different real function
during real activity
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Muscles of Scapula
• If INSERTION on
scapula, muscle moves
scapula
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Trapezius
Rhomboids
Pectoralis Minor
Serratus Ventralis
Levator Scapulae
• If ORIGIN on scapula,
muscle moves arm
– Teres Major
– Latissimus Dorsi (partially
on scapula)
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Rotator Cuff
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• Muscles originate on
fossae of scapula
• Help support “open
socket” of shoulder
joint
• Insert around ball of
femur
• Medial and lateral
rotation of upper limb
• Typical baseball
pitcher injury
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Supraspinatus
Infraspinatus
Teres minor
Subscapularis
Axilla = Armpit
• Region between arm and chest
• Boundaries
– Ventral - pectoral muscles
– Dorsal = latissimus dorsi, teres major
subscapularis
– Medial = serratus ventralis
– Lateral = bicipital groove of humerus
• Contents
– Axillary nerves and blood vessels
– Axillary lymph nodes
– And….the……Brachial plexus
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Brachial Plexus
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• Posterior Compartment—posterior cord
• Anterior compartment—medial, lateral cords
• Name of cord is relative to axillary artery
Brachial plexus organizes nerves out to
muscles of upper limb
• One posterior nerve
– Radial n.
• Three anterior nerves
– Musculocutaneous n.
– Median n.
– Ulnar n.
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Muscles and nerves by compartment
ANTERIOR POSTERIOR
NERVES
M-C, ulnar,
median
MOVEMENT Flexion
Radial
MUSCLES
Triceps,
extensors
Extensors from
lateral
epicondyle
TWIST
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Biceps,
flexors
Flexors from
medial
epicondyle
Extension
POSTERIOR AND ANTERIOR COMPARTMENTS
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• Biceps—anterior compartment, flexion (M-C n.)
• Triceps—posterior compartment, extension (radial n.)
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Anterior Compartment Forearm--flexors
Medial Epicondyle
Brachioradialis
Pronator Teres
Flexor Carpi Radialis
Flexor Carpi Ulnaris
Flexor Retinaculum
Anterior
View
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Flexor Digitorum Superficialis
is deep to other flexors
Posterior Compartment of Forearm--extensors
Lateral Epicondyle
Extensor digitorum
Extensor carpi ulnaris
Posterior View
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Brachioradialis
Ext Carpi Radialis Longus
ANTERIOR MUSCLES
• M-C nerve
– Biceps
– brachialis
• Median nerve
– Forearm flexors
– Thumb intrinsics (1M$
nerve)
• Ulnar nerve
– Flexor carpi ulnaris
– Hand intrinsics
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POSTERIOR MUSCLES
• Muscles (radial nerve)
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Triceps
Anconeus
Brachioradialis
Carpal, digit extensors
Sensory from limb
(dermatomes/sensory skin
segments from spine)
• Dermatomes extend
over limbs
• Twisted orientation
reflects twisting of
limb during
development
• Named nerves
generally innervate
skin over muscles
that they innervate
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Sensory territory of nerves
REMEMBER: Brachial
plexus re-directs spinal
routes into named nerves
covering certain territory
Cutaneous branches of
medial cord/ulnar nerve
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Routes of nerves (in human)
• M-C: between biceps brachii and brachialis
• Median: medial/posterior to biceps, branches
into forearm flexors at elbow then to hand
through carpal tunnel
– Recurrent median (1M$) superficial at wrist to thumb
over thenar emminence) deficit - ape’s hand
• Ulnar: medial in arm, posterior to medial
epicondle of humerus (funny bone) down medial
forearm medial to carpal tunnel into palm
• Radial: deep posterior arm around lateral
epicondyle of humerus to forearm (deep and
superficial branches)
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Median Nerve
Ulnar Nerve
Brachial Artery
Musculocutaneous Nerve
UlnarArtery
Where’s Radial Nerve?
Radial Artery
Median Nerve
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Ulnar Nerve
Surface Anatomy of Upper Limb
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Biceps + Triceps brachii
Olecranon Process
Medial Epicondyle
Cubital Fossa
– Anterior surface elbow
– Contents
• Brachial Artery
• Median Nerve
– Boundaries
• Medial = Pronator teres
• Lateral = Brachioradialis
• Superior = Line between epicondyles
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Surface Anatomy
of Upper Limb
• Carpal Tunnel
– Carpals concave
anteriorly
– Carpal ligament covers it
– Contains: long tendons,
Median nerve
– Inflammation of tendons =
compression of Median
nerve
• Anatomical Snuffbox
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– Lateral = E.pollicis brevis
– Medial = E. pollicis longus
– Floor = scaphoid, styloid
of radius
– Contains Radial Artery
(pulse)
Suggestion: a muscle table
organized by
Joint crossed?
Nerve innervating?
Action?
Compartments?
All of the above?
MUSCLE ACTION ORIGIN
INSERTION INNERVATION
(cord to nerve)
Biceps
Radial
tuberosity
Flex, sup.
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Humerus,
glenoid
Medial cord—M-C.
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