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Carpal Bones
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"Her C#nt's Too Tight So Lubricate The Penis": · Anticlockwise: Hamate Capate Trapezoid Trapezium Scaphoid Lunate Triquetral Pisiform
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Serratus anterior innervation
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SALT: Serratus Anterior = Long Thoracic.
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Interossei muscles
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"PAd and DAb": The Palmar Adduct and the Dorsal Abduct. · Use your hand to dab with a pad. "3 on the P, 4 on the Dor": There are 3 Palmar, and 4 Dorsal interossei.
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Lumbricals
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Lumbrical action is to hold a pea, that is to flex the metacarpophalangeal joint and extend the interphalangeal joints. When look at hand in this position, can see this makes an "L" shape, since L is for Lumbrical.
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Brachioradialis
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BrachioRadialis: Function: Its the Beer Raising muscle, flexes elbow, strongest when wrist is oriented like holding a beer. Innervation: Breaks Rule: it's a flexor muscle, But Radial. (Radial nerve usually is for extensors: Recall BEST rule: B was for brachioradialis). Important relation: Behind it is the Radial nerve in the cubital fossa. Attachment: Attaches to Bottom of Radius.
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Anterior forearm muscles: superficial group
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"Pimps F*ck Prostitutes For Fun": Pronator teres Flexor carpi radialis Palmaris longous Flexor carpi ulnaris Flexor digitorum superficialis
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Biceps Brachii origin
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"You walk shorter to a street corner. You ride longer on a superhighway.": · Short head originates from coracoid process. · Long head originates from the supraglenoid cavity.
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Intrinsic muscles of hand (palmar surface)
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"All For One And One For All": · Thenar: Abductor pollicis longus Flexor pollicis brevis Opponens pollicis Adductor pollicis. · Hypothenar: Opponens digiti minimi Flexor digiti minimi Abductor digiti minimi
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Median nerve: hand muscles innervated
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"The LOAF muscles": Lumbricals 1 and 2 Opponens pollicis Abductor pollicis brevis Flexor pollicis brevis · Alternatively: LLOAF, with 2 L's, to recall there's 2 lumbricals. · To remember that these are the Median nerve muscles, think "Meat LOAF".
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Radial nerve: muscles innervated
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"Try A Big Chocolate Chip Sundae, Double Dip Cherries And Peanuts Preferably Included": · In order of their innervation, proximal to distal: Triceps Anconeus Brachioradialis ext. Carpi radialis longus ext. Carpi radialis brevis Supinator ext. Digitorum ext.Digiti minimi ext. Carpi ulnaris Abductor poll. longus ext. Poll. brevis ext. P poll. longus ext. Indicis · For the neighboring words that start with the same letter (eg: chocolate and chip), notice that the longer word in the mnemonic, corresponds to the longer of the two muscle names (ex: ext. carpi radialis longus and ext. carpi radialis brevis)
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Median and ulnar nerves: common features
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Each supply 1/2 of flexor digitorum profundus. Each supplies 2 lumbricals. Each has a palmar cutaneous nerve that pops off prematurely. Each supplies an eminence group of muscles [ulnar: hypothenar. median: thenar]. Each enters forearm through two heads [ulnar: heads of flexor carpi ulnaris. median: heads of pronator teres]. Each has no branches in upper arm. Each makes two fingers claw when cut at wrist. Each supplies a palmaris [median: palmaris longus. ulnar: palmaris brevis].
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Flexor digitorum muscles
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· A little rhyme: Superficialis Splits in two, To Permit Profundus Passing through.
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Hand: nerve lesions
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DR CUMA: Drop=Radial nerve Claw=Ulnar nerve Median nerve=Ape hand (or Apostol [preacher] hand)
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Arm fractures: nerves affected by humerus fracture location
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ARM fracture: · From superior to inferior: Axillary: head of humerus Radial: mid shaft Median: supracondular
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Axillary artery branches
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"Screw The Lawyer Save A Patient": Superior thoracic Thoracoacromiol Lateral thoracic Subscapular Anterior circumflex humeral Posterior circumflex humeral
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Brachial artery is medial to biceps tendon
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"BAMBI": Brachial Artery is Medial to Biceps In elbow.
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Carpal bones: trapezium vs. trapezoid location
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· Since there's two T's in carpal bone mnemonic sentences, need to know which T is where: TrapeziUM is by the thUMB, TrapeziOID is inSIDE. · Alternatively, TrapeziUM is by the thUMB, TrapezOID is by its SIDE.
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Brachial artery: recurrent and collateral branches
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"I Am Pretty Sexy" Inferior ulnar collateral artery goes with Anterior ulnar recurrent artery. Posterior ulnar recurrent artery goes with Superior ulnar collateral artery.
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Extensor expansion location in the hand
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The eXtensor eXpansion is on the proXimal phalynX.
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Subclavian artery branches
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"Very Tired Individuals Sip Strong Coffee Served Daily": Vertebral artery Thyrocervical trunk ---Inferior thyroid ---Superficial cervical ---Suprascapular Costocervical ---Superior intercostal ---Deep cervical
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VACTERL
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Vertebral, Anal, Cardiac, TEF, EA, Renal, Limbs
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