Proximal forelimb

Question 1

What ligaments support the canine shoulder?

Answer 1

Medial and lateral glenohumeral ligaments

Question 2

How can you tell the medial and lateral glenohumeral ligaments apart?

Answer 2

The medial one is larger and Y shaped

Question 3

What are the lateral shoulder stabilisers?

Answer 3

Supraspinatus (larger) and infraspinatus (smaller)

Question 4

What is the innervation of the lateral shoulder stabilisers?

Answer 4

Suprascapular nerve

Question 5

What is the medial shoulder stabiliser?

Answer 5

Subscapularis

Question 6

What is the innervation of the medial shoulder stabiliser?

Answer 6

Subscapular nerve

Question 7

What is the insertion and origin of the biceps brachii?

Answer 7

Origin= supraglenoid tubercule
Insertion= proximal radius and ulna

Question 8

What are the shoulder flexors?

Answer 8

Deltoideus (two heads)
Teres major

Question 9

What is the innervation to the deltoideus and teres major?

Answer 9

Axillary nerve

Question 10

What is the venous drainage to the canine forelimb?

Answer 10

External jugular vein

Question 11

What vein is used for venous drainage in dogs and cats in the forelimb for veterinary?

Answer 11

cephalic vein