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Upper Limb Muscles I
Innervation, Blood Supply
Miloš Grim/Petr Valášek
Institute of Anatomy, First Faculty of Medicine,
Charles University
winter semester 2017/2018
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Spinohumeral muscles
Thoracohumeral muscles
Shoulder muscles
Muscles of arm
Muscles of forearm
Muscles of hand
Brachial plexus
Arteries of upper limb
Muscle groups of upper limb
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Muscle
compartments
on the upper limb
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Nerves of the upper limb
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Phrenic nerve
Mouse embryo
stained for
neurofilaments
(=axons)
and Sonic
Hedgehog
(notochord and
endoderm)
Craniocaudal
direction of
development.
Sacral parasymp.
Red=autofluorescen
ce of blood in the
heart.
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Development of root innervation of the limbs
Vývoj kořenové inervace končetin
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Brachial plexus
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cord
s
divisions
roots
trunks
nerve
s
Brachial
plexus
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Brachial plexusSupraclavicular part, Infraclavicular part
Ventral branches of spinal nerves C5 – T1 (C4)
Upper trunk - C5+6
Middle trunk – C7
Inferior trunk - C8+T1
Anterior division, Posterior division
Lateral cord, Medial cord, Posterior cord
Main branches of brachial plexus:
PC: Radial nerve, Axillary nerve
LC: Musculocutaneous nerve
+ a part of Median nerve
MC: Ulnar nerve
+ a part of Median nerve
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Pathway of main vessels and nerves of upper limb :
Scalenic fissure axillary fossa medial bicipital groove
cubital fossa
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Supraclavicular part of brachial plexus for
innervation of thoracohumeral, spinohumeral
and shoulder musclesDorsal scapular nerve C5-6
( m. levator scapulae, mm. rhomboidei )
Long thoracic nerve C5-6
( m. serratus anterior )
Subclavian nerve C5-6
( m. subclavius )
Suprascapular nerve C5-7
( m. supraspinatus, m. infraspinatus )
Subscapular nerve C5-7
( m.subscapularis, m. teres major )
Thoracodorsal nerve C6-8
( m. latissimus dorsi )
Medial et lateral pectoral nerves C5-Th1
( m. pectoralis major et minor )
Muscular branches
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Arteries of upper limbAxillary artery
Ant.+ post. circumflex humeral a.
Brachial artery
Radial artery
Ulnar artery
Deep palmar arch
Superficial palmar arch
Palmar digital arteries
Veins of upper limbDeep veins (named as arteries)
Superficial veins:
Basilic vein
Cephalic vein
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A. subclavia
AA A. axillaris
AB A. brachialis
ACHP – a. circumflexa humeri
posterior
ASS - a. subscapularis
ACS - a. circumflexa scapulae
APB - a. profunda brachii
ACUS - a. collateralis ulnaris
superior
ACR - a. collateralis radialis
AR – a. radialis
AU – a. ulnaris
AIC – a. interossea communis
Grim M, Druga R et al.: Základy anatomie II.
Kardiovaskulární systém, Galén, Praha 2015
(v tisku)
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Axillary fossa: axillary artery,
axillary vein, cords of brachial
plexus, axillary lymph nodes
Pathway of main vessels and nerves of upper limb :Scalenic fissure axillary fossa sulcus bicipitalis medialis
cubital fossa
Infraclavicular region:
cords of brachial plexus,
axillary artery and vein
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Muscle groups of upper limb
Spinohumeral muscles
Thoracohumeral muscles
Shoulder muscles
Muscles of arm
Muscles of forearm
Muscles of hand
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• Spinohumeral muscles
• Latissimus dorsi
• Trapezius
• Levator scapulae
• Rhombideus major
• Rhomboideus minor
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R.S.Snell: Clinical Anatomy. Lippincott Williams Wilkins
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Spinohumeral muscles - trapezius, latissimus dorsi, levator
scapulae, rhomboid major et minor (muscles of back)
Innervated from accessory nerve and supraclavicluar part of brachial plexus
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Teres major
antagonist of
DeltoideusLatissimus dorsi during
exercise on a trapeze
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Muscles that move the scapula: cranial - Trapezius and Levator scapulae;
back – Trapezius (middle part), Rhomboid major and minor; ventrally -
Serratus anterior, Pectoralis minor;
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Rotation of the scapula:
Trapezius (upper part)
Serratus anterior (lower section)
Pectoralis major and
Latissimus dorsi lift the trunk
when the arm is fixed
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Thoracohumeral muscles
Pectoralis major,
Pectoralis minor,
Serratus anterior
Subclavius
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Pectoralis major
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Chomiak J, Dungl P: Reconstruction of elbow
flexion in arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
type I. Part I: surgical anatomy and vascular
and nerve supply of the pectoralis major
muscle as a basis for muscle transfer. J Child
Orthop (2008) 2:357–364
Pectoralis major in reconstructive surgery
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Pectoralis minor
Subclavius
Serratus anterior
Thoracohumeral
muscles
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W. Platzer: Color Atlas of Human Anatomy, Vol.
1 Locomotor System. Thieme, 6th Edition, 2008
Thoracohumeral muscles
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Shoulder muscles
Deltoid
Supraspinatus
Infraspinatus
Teres major
Teres minor
Subscapularis
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Shoulder
muscles
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Rotator cuff-4 muscles:
Supraspinatus,
Infraspinatus,
Teres minor,
Subscapularis
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Triangular space: circumflex
scapular artery – anastomosis
with suprascapular artery
Quadrangular space:
axillary nerve,
posterior circumflex
humeral artery
Shoulder muscles
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Quadrangular space, triangular space
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Suprascapular artery
Circumflex scapular artery
Posterior circumflex humeral artery
Axillary nerve
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Mm. brachii,
Muscles of the arm
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Cross section of arm
Muscles of the arm
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MRI cross section of arm
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Cross section of arm
Brachial fascia,
Medial and
lateral intermuscular
septum of arm
Anterior compartment
of arm:
BB, B, CB
Nerves: MC, M, U, CAM
Brachial a.
Brachial veins,
Basilic vein
Posterior compartment
of arm: TB (L, M, L head)
Radial n., deep a. of arm
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A. subclavia
AA A. axillaris
AB A. brachialis
ACHP – a. circumflexa humeri
posterior
ASS - a. subscapularis
ACS - a. circumflexa scapulae
APB - a. profunda brachii
ACUS - a. collateralis ulnaris
superior
ACR - a. collateralis radialis
AR – a. radialis
AU – a. ulnaris
AIC – a. interossea communis
Grim M, Druga R et al.: Základy anatomie II.
Kardiovaskulární systém, Galén, Praha 2015
(v tisku)
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Muscles of arm Fl: BB (LH, SH), B, CB Ex: TB (LH, MH, LH), A
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Cubital fossa
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October 8, 2008
Karl Merk, the world's
first person to receive a
complete double arm
transplant.
Farmer Merk who received the
world's first complete double
arm transplant is recovering
well and able to perform some
basic tasks. Doctors spent 15
hours on July 25-26, 2008
grafting the donor arms onto
the body of 54-year-old Karl
Merk, who lost his own just
below the shoulder in a farm
accident six years ago.
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First they exposed the muscle, nerves and blood vessels to be
connected. Before the bones of the donor could be cut, blood vessels
in the teen’s arms were filled with a cooled preservation solution. Both
arms were then removed exactly at the point matching Karl’s arm
stumps.The bones were joined, then arteries and veins to ensure blood
circulation as quickly as possible. The surgeons then attached the
muscles and tendons, then the nerves and finally the skin. There had
been no sign that Karl’s immune system was rejecting the foreign
tissue and his scars were healing well.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/315828
7/Worlds-first-double-arm-transplant-patient-delighted.html
"The feeling is indescribable. Every day I gain more mobility,"
said Mr Merk as he showed off the arms, which are being
supported by a special "corset" while the healing continues.
Karl can already open a door and turn lights on and off.
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Vorsichtig legt Karl Merk (55) die
Handflächen aufeinander und
stützt sich mit den Ellenbogen
auf. Dann wackelt er mit den
Fingern. Was für andere
Menschen selbstverständlich ist,
ist für den Bauern aus
Memmingen (Bayern) ein
Wunder. Denn: Er hat die Arme
eines Toten.
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Sources of used illustrations:
Gray´s Anatomy,
Sobotta: Atlas of Human Anatomy, 15th Edition, 2011
Stingl, Grim, Druga: Regional Anatomy, 2012
Benninghoff, Drenckhahn: Anatomie I., II. 2003 or
Netter: Atlas of Human Anatomy, Saunders 2010, 5th Edition
Grim, Naňka, Helekal: Atlas of human anatomy, Grada 2014
Sadler: Langman´s Medical Embryology, 11th edit. 2009
Recommended Textbooks:
Gilroy, MacPherson, Schuenke, Schulte, Schumacher: Atlas of
Anatomy, Thieme, 3 ed. 2016
W. Platzer: Color Atlas of Human Anatomy, Vol. 1 Locomotor System.
Thieme, 6th Edition, 2008
Kahle, Frotscher: Color Atlas of Human Anatomy – Vol.3 Nervous
System and Sensory Organs, Thieme 2010, 6th Edition
Stingl, Grim, Druga: Regional Anatomy, 2012
Snell: Clinical Anatomy by systems, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
2007 or
K. L. Moore, A.F.Dalley, A.M.R. Agur: Clinically oriented Anatomy, 6th
Edition, Wolters Kluwer, Lippincot Williams & Wilkins 2006