Mobile joint
upper extremity
prehensile organ (body part or organ that is adapted for seizing or grasping, especially by wrapping around)
hand
BONES OF THE SHOULDER GIRDLE
1) Clavicle
2) Scapula
3) Humerus
scapula
sternoclavicular joint
ligaments of sternoclavicular joint
ligament strong; primary stability
costoclavicular ligament
Motion
- contraction (serratus anterior)
- retraction (trapezius and rhomboid)
- elevation (trapezius, sternocleidomastoid, levator scapulae, rhomboid)
- depression (pectoralis minor and subclavius)
sternoclavicular
plane joint
acromioclavicular
acromioclavicular joint
conoid and trapezoid
coracoclavicular ligament
gliding movements takes place when the scapula rotates or when the clavicle is elevated or depressed
acromioclavicular joint
glenohumeral joint
glenohumeral joint
Z-band; 3 fibers; weak
glenohumeral ligament
Motions:
- flexion,
- extension,
- abduction,
- adduction,
- IR,
- ER
glenohumeral joint
scapular motions
2:1 ratio for abduction
scapulo-humeral mechanism
muscles
UE (scapula / humerus)
vertebral column
muscles
Humerus
scapula
muscles
UE
thoracic wall
back to upper ex
Deltoid
Supraspinatus
Infraspinatus
Teres minor
Teres major
Subscapularis
scapula to humerus
Subclavius
Pectoralismajor
Pectoralisminor
thoracic wall to upper ex