Upper Limb — Flashcards

Flashcard 51: The _____ nerve and posterior humeral circumflex artery pass through the quadrangular space of the shoulder.

Answer: axillary

Flashcard 52: Level _____ lymph nodes: Medial to the pectoralis minor (apical/subclavicular group)

Answer: 3

Flashcard 53: Foramen of _____ is an opening in the deep fascia that transmits the axillary tail of Spence.

Answer: Langer

Extra: The axillary tail of Spence is a portion of the mammary gland (breast tissue) that extends into the axilla. It passes through an opening in the axillary fascia known as the Foramen of Langer.

Flashcard 54: The _____ (bone) (palpable in the anatomic snuff box) is the most commonly fractured carpal bone.

Answer: scaphoid

Flashcard 55: The _____ is the most important ligament involved in maintaining shoulder joint stability.

Answer: inferior glenohumeral ligament

Flashcard 56: Lower lateral cutaneous nerve of the arm is a branch of the _____ nerve

Answer: radial

Flashcard 57: Radial bursa contains the synovial flexor sheath for _____

Answer: FPL

Flashcard 58: Ulnar bursa is drained by incision on _____ margin of hypothenar eminence

Answer: radial

Flashcard 59: There may be nodes between pectoralis minor and major; this interpectoral group of nodes are also known as _____ nodes.

Answer: Rotters

Flashcard 60: Midpalmar space contains flexor tendons of medial _____ digits

Answer: 3