| non-fleshy fibrous, dense regular connective tissue | Structure of tendon |
| connected to the radius and humerous | Brochioradialis muscle |
| extends the elbow, weak extension of shoulder | function of triceps |
| on the shoulder, causes flexion, extension and abduction of shoulder joint | deltiod muscle |
| a muscle that helps the same set of joint muscles as the agonist | Synergist muscle |
| help to stabilise the joint during flexion, extension and abduction | rotator cuff muscles function |
| wasting of muscle | muscle atrophy |
| view picture | structure of muscle compartments |
| connects a bone to an adjacent bone/s to stabilise a joint | ligament definition |
| network of nerves that innervates all upper limb structures, originates from C5- T1 | what is the brachial plexus |
| innervates leg and thigh muscles and originates from spinal nerve roots L1-S4 | what is the lumbosacral plexus |
| view picture | name all of the abdominal muscles |
| prosterior forarm, has tendons which extend the digits | extensor digitorum |
| a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening, mostly composing of smooth muscle however can have skeletal if controlling movement of fluid | sphincter muscle |
| attaches to the sternum, clavicle and mastiod process | sternocleidomastiod |
| only attach to the trunk/axial and are not supplied from the limb nerve plexus | Trunk muscles |
| very striated, nucleus on peripheral | skeletal muscle structure |
| branching, round nuclei | cardiac muscle |
| long flat nuclei, lack of structure/striation | smooth muscle |
| motor neuron and the skeletal muscle it innovates | what is a motor unit |
| damaged nerves in the posterior forearm muscle | what damaged muscle causes wrist drop |
| damaged nerves in the anterior leg muscle | what causes foot drop |
| view picture | Name the different parts of the somatic nerve arc and if they are sensory/motor/mixed |
| ventral and dorsal rami | what do the mixed spinal nerves divide into? |
| The erector spinae muscle and the skin covering it | what do the dorsal rami supply? |
| the intercostal muscles, oblique muscles, rectus abdominis and the skin overlying it (T7-12 supply the abdominal muscles) | what do the ventral rami supply? |
| they lie below the rib of the same number i.e intercostal nerve 7 lies in the space below rib 7 | where do the intercostal nerves lie? |
| caries a mix on nerve fibres from different vertebral levels to the skin | what is a cutaneous nerve |
| area of skin supplied by nerves from only on vertebral level | what is a dermatome |
| view picture | the dermatomes of the arm and neck |
| sternomanubrial joint | what occurs in the midline of the trunk at dermatome T2? |
| nipple | what surface features of the body are found at dermatome T4? |
| umbilicus | what surface features of the body marks the dermatome T10? |
| groin | In what region of the body is the dermatome of L1 found? |
| endoneurium, perineurium, fasciculus, axon, epineurium | what is the structure of a nerve |
| a fatty white substance that surrounds the axon of some nerve cells forming an electrically insulating layer | what is myelin? |
| secretes myelin and is wrapped around the axon | what is a schwann cell |
| endoneurium | what surrounds individual axons? |
| Perineurium | What surrounds nerve fasicles? |
| Epineurium | What surrounds a nerve? |
