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What is the primary action of the anterior part of the deltoid muscle?

  • Adducts the arm
  • Medially rotates the arm (correct)
  • Laterally rotates the arm
  • Extends the arm
  • Which muscle assists the deltoid in the abduction of the arm?

  • Infraspinatus
  • Supraspinatus (correct)
  • Teres Major
  • Teres Minor
  • Which of the following muscles is primarily responsible for lateral rotation of the arm?

  • Deltoid
  • Teres Major
  • Infraspinatus (correct)
  • Subscapularis
  • What nerve innervates the Teres Major muscle?

    <p>Lower subscapular nerve</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which rotator cuff muscle is located on the anterior surface of the scapula?

    <p>Subscapularis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the insertion point of the Teres Minor muscle?

    <p>Greater tubercle of humerus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which action is primarily associated with the Teres Major muscle?

    <p>Medial rotation of the arm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the origin of the Supraspinatus muscle?

    <p>Fossa of the scapula</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What action does the Subscapularis muscle perform?

    <p>Medially rotates and adducts arm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which nerve innervates the infraspinatus muscle?

    <p>Suprascapular nerve</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of the latissimus dorsi muscle?

    <p>Adduction and medial rotation of the humerus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which nerve innervates the trapezius muscle?

    <p>Accessory Nerve</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the insertion point of the levator scapulae muscle?

    <p>Medial border of scapula above the spine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which group of muscles does the teres major belong to?

    <p>Scapulo-humeral intrinsic muscles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where does the rhomboid major muscle originate?

    <p>Spinous processes of T2 to T5</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main role of the rhomboid minor muscle?

    <p>Stabilize the scapula</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following muscles is involved in the medial rotation of the humerus?

    <p>Latissimus Dorsi</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the origin point for the latissimus dorsi muscle?

    <p>Spinous processes of the inferior 6 thoracic vertebrae</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of the thoracodorsal nerve?

    <p>It innervates the latissimus dorsi muscle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which area does the rhomboid minor insert into?

    <p>Medial end of scapular spine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which muscle group includes the trapezius and latissimus dorsi?

    <p>Superficial extrinsic muscles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary action of the latissimus dorsi muscle?

    <p>Medial rotation of the humerus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where does the levator scapulae muscle originate?

    <p>Transverse processes of C1-C4 vertebrae</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What nerve innervates the rhomboids?

    <p>Dorsal scapular nerve</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the insertion point of the rhomboid major muscle?

    <p>Medial border of the scapula from the spine to the inferior angle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the innervation of the deltoid muscle?

    <p>Axillary nerve</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which muscle originates from the posterior surface of the inferior angle of the scapula?

    <p>Teres Major</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What action is primarily associated with the middle part of the deltoid muscle?

    <p>Abducts the arm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which muscle does not laterally rotate the arm?

    <p>Subscapularis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary action of the Teres Minor muscle?

    <p>Laterally rotates the arm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which nerve innervates the Supraspinatus muscle?

    <p>Suprascapular nerve</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the insertion point of the Infraspinatus muscle?

    <p>Greater tubercle of humerus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which muscle assists with stability of the shoulder joint?

    <p>Rotator cuff muscles</p> Signup and view all the answers

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