Monday, May 4, 2009

Pectoralis Minor, Corocobrachialis, and Brachialis

How does the Pectoralis minor compare to the Pectoralis major?
Think of its functions, origin and insertions and joints crossed

Compare in the same way, the Brachialis and the Biceps Brachi. Also, what doe they have in common

Can you describe the origin and insertion of the Corocobrachialis?
What is its function?

Friday, April 24, 2009

Biceps Brachii


Can you name the origin and insertion of this muscle?
What joint movements does it create when it contracts eccentrically?

Anterior Deltoid and Pectoralis Major


Can you name the origin and insertion of these 2 muscles?
What joints do they cross, and what joint actions do they make?
Make sure you know the three division of the chest muscle

The Adductors


Can you recognise the 5 parts that that make up the Adductor group?
Can you describe the origin and insertion of the group as a whole
Can you say which joints are moved and how. What is the normal range of movement of this muscle?
Which way will be concentric contraction and which way will be eccentric
Can you think of 3 exercises that use this muscle?

Anterior upper skeleton


Can you give the anatomical term for collar bone? What muscles attach to it? Can you name its articulations with other bones?
Can you name the parts of the sternum?
Can you name which joints you see, and what type of joint are they?
Can you name which muscles are to be found between the ribs? What is their function?
What muscles attach to the ribs? Can you name their joint actions?

the Pelvis

Can you name the parts and landmarks of the pelvis?
Which muscle attach where?
What movement do they cause at which joint?
How does the spine join the pelvis? What type of joint is that?

Can you name the bones in this veiw?
How many ribs? Can you say how many are false, floating etc
Where do they join?
What joints do you see?
What movements do they make?
What landmarks do you see?
What muscles attach to thes landmarks?
What movement do they cause at these landmarks?

The upper appendage

Can you name the bones of the upper appendicular skeleton?
And the lower?

Can you name the joints and the movements that tae place at each joint?

Detail of the knees Joint

Another view. Which one?
Whats the purpose of the popliteus?
Can you name the bones?
Can you name the landmarks, muscle attachment points?
Which muscles specifically cross this side of the knee?

Anterior detail of R shoulder


Can you name the bones in this diagram?
Can you name any other landmarks on the bones?
Which muscles attach to these landmarks. Which muscles cross the shoulder joint and what movement action do they make at that joint?
Which cross any other joint? What movement do they cause?
What type of joint is the shoulder?

The skull, example of flat bones


The can you name the proper anatomical term for the skull?
How many bones is it made up of? Can you name them
These are an exmaple of flat bones
What's the correct term for the jawbone?

Thursday, April 23, 2009

The Scapula

Know the landmarks of the scapula.
Can you name the 6 major movements of the scapula?

The structure fo muscle

Can you in your own words explain the structure of muscle?
Can you explain how muscle actually contracts?
What is the term for the muscle shortening under tension? Lengthening under tension?

The Elbow Joint

Know these joint landmarks.
How do the radius and ulna movement during forearm pronation?
Which one leads to the thumb?

The Elbow Joint

Can you name the bones depicted here?
What type of joint is the elbow joint? What movements does this joint make?
What muscles cause those movements? Where do they orginate or insert around the elbow joint?

C1-C2 joint

Can you explain how these two vertebra are different to the others?
How does the 'atlas/axis' configuration work?

View of Knee Joint

Is this a view of the lateral or medial aspect fo the knee? Can you name the bones?
Can you name the landmarks you know on these bones?
Can you name which mucles attach to the landmarks and which movement they cause at which joint?

Bones of the hand




Can you recognise the hand bones?
What type of bones are the digits compared to the carpals.
What muscles do you know that insert into the hand bones, and where?
What is the action of these muscles on the wrist, and finger joints?

Bones of the foot

Can you recognise the bones of the foot? What group do the Cuneiform, Cuboid, Talus, and Calcaneus belong to?

Shoulder Joint Detail

Name the joint that sits into the glenoid fossa.
What type of joint is it? How does it differ, how is it similar to the hip joint?
Which muscles attach to the landmarks on the scapula?
What movement of the scapula do they activate?
Can you name the 6 main movements fo the scapula?

The Knee Joint


Know these landmarks of the knee joint.
What type of joint is it?
Name the bones you see. Can you name any landmarks on the bones that you know.
Which muscles attach to this area, or cross the joint?
What movement do they cause at the knee joint?

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

The Spinal Column

Can you tell which view you are looking at for each one of these spinal views?
How many cervical lumbar, and thoracic vertebra are there?
What are the processes at the 'back' of the spine called?
Can you name the 4 curves of the spinal colum?
To which vertebra do the ribs attach?
How many joints from the one vertebra to the one above or below? Are there any exceptions to this

The verterbrae


There are 4 types of bones, namely, short, long, ______ &________.
What type are these?
How can you tell the difference between the upper and lower vertebrae?
Which is an example of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebra. can you recognise the sacrum?
Can you recognise each plane view of each vertebra show here?



scan of thigh

What plane is this images viewed in?

Is this the anterior or poasterior aspect of the thigh?

Can you recognise each label?





Cross-section of a long bone

Can you label the compact and cancellous bone?
Why is the inner core red?

Anatomy of a long bone

Can you identify the parts of a long bone?
Where is the periosteum, medullary cavity, epiphysis, diaphysis, epiphyseal plate, compact bone, cancellous bone?

What makes long bones unique?

Can you name 3 long bones?

Structure of a Synovial Joint

What is a synovial joint? What are the other types of joint and how do they differ from a synvial joint? How does the joint structure affect its function?
What is the function of each part of the joint?

Scan of the Thigh

Can you tell which plane this is viewed in?
Can you recognise all the muscles? Go through each label and check them, to make sure yo know what they are?
Which is the posterior aspect?

Scan of the Thorax

Can you tell what plane this is viewed in?
Go though the labels and check that you know what each one is.
Which is the posterior aspect?

Scan view of the knee

What plane are youviewing this image in?
What bones, joints and mucles can you recognise?
What is the covering on the bone surfaces, that looks like an icecream cone in this image?

The Anatomical Planes

Can you name and describe the 3 anatomical planes?
What is the line running down the centre of the body called?

What specific name do we give the plane that runs down the center of the body?

The Anatomical Position

Can you describe this position in a sentence?
Why is the AP called a reference position? What does that mean?