CHAPTER 43

Question 1

definition

-the arm is the portion of the upper limb between the _____ and the _____

Answer 1

shoulder

elbow

Question 2

fasica

• deep to the _____ and _____ is the fascia of the arm, the _____
• -the brachial fascia forms a _____ for the muscles of the _____
• -inward extensions of this fascia course between _____ to the _____; there are three of these extensions
  1. _____
  2. _____, _____
  3. _____, _____
• -these three intermuscular septa divide the arm into three compartments:
  1. _____ compartment
  2. _____ compartment
  3. _____ compartment

Answer 2

skin
subcutaneous tissue
brachial fascia 
tubular investment 
arm
muscles
humerus 
lateral intermuscular septum
medial intermuscular septum 
anterior lamina
medial intermuscular septum
posterior lamina 
anterior
medial 
posterior

Question 3

cubital fossa

• the cubital fossa is a _____ on the _____ aspect of the elbow
• boundaries:
• -lateral: _____
• -medial: _____
• -superior: an _____ between the _____ and _____ of the _____

Answer 3

depression
anterior
brachioradialis 
pronator teres 
imaginary line
medial
lateral epicondyles
humerus

Question 4

floor of the cubital fossa

• _____ muscle
• _____ muscle

Answer 4

supinator

brachialis

Question 5

contents (lateral to medial) of the cubital fossa

• _____ and its _____
• _____ of the _____ muscle
• _____ and its _____
• _____ nerve

Answer 5

radial nerve 
terminal branches
tendon
biceps brachii
brachial artery
terminal branches 
median