MEDIVEERSETHE PRACTICAL HUBUpper Limb
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Shoulder girdle, arm, forearm, hand and wrist.
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03Joints & stabilisers4
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Clavicle
Acts as a strut holding the upper limb away from the trunk.
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Scapula
Provides a mobile base for the shoulder and muscle attachment.
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Humerus
Forms the arm and participates in shoulder and elbow movement.
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Radius & ulna
Permit elbow movement and pronation–supination of the forearm.
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Hand & carpal bones
Provide a stable yet mobile framework for grip and fine movement.
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Carpal tunnel
Transmits flexor tendons and the median nerve into the hand.
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Glenohumeral joint
Multiaxial ball-and-socket joint balancing mobility with dynamic muscular stability.
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Rotator cuff
Compresses and stabilises the humeral head during shoulder motion.
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Middle fibres are major abductors of the arm, with anterior and posterior fibres contributing flexion and extension respectively.
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Adducts and medially rotates the humerus; different fibres contribute flexion or extension from a flexed position.
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Serratus anterior
Protracts the scapula, holds it against thoracic wall and assists upward rotation.
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Biceps brachii
Flexes the elbow and strongly supinates the forearm, especially with the elbow flexed.
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A strong elbow flexor regardless of forearm pronation or supination.
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Principal elbow extensor; long head also crosses the shoulder.
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Elbow joint
Primarily a hinge for flexion and extension, functionally associated with forearm rotation.
Identify · Structures · Viva 2 references · 4 viva promptsProximal radioulnar joint
Pivot joint permitting pronation and supination.
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Thenar muscles
Position the thumb for precision grip and opposition.
Identify · Structures · Viva 1 reference · 4 viva promptsLumbricals of hand
Flex MCP joints while extending interphalangeal joints through the extensor apparatus.
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Dorsal interossei abduct and palmar interossei adduct fingers relative to the middle-finger axis.
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Brachial plexus
Distributes motor and sensory fibres to the upper limb; this figure shows regional plexus distribution.
Identify · Structures · Viva 3 references · 4 viva promptsMedian nerve
Supplies most forearm flexors and selected intrinsic hand muscles plus lateral hand sensation.
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Supplies most intrinsic hand muscles and sensation over the medial hand.
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Radial nerve
Main motor nerve of the extensor compartments of arm and forearm.
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Supplies deltoid and teres minor and lateral shoulder skin.
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Supplies the anterior arm compartment and lateral forearm sensation.
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Brachial artery
Major arterial supply of the arm and source of forearm arteries.
Identify · Structures · Viva 1 reference · 4 viva promptsRadial and ulnar arteries
Distribute blood to forearm and hand through communicating arterial networks.
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Superficial veins of upper limb
Drain superficial upper-limb tissues and communicate with deep veins.
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