Going Out on a Limb: Anatomy of the Upper Limb

Week 1 – The Language of Anatomy

• Overview
• Anatomic Terminology and Limb Regions
• Osteology and Skeletal Anatomy; Muscle Actions
• Muscle Attachments; Planes of Motion

 
Week 2 – Innervation and Blood Supply of the Upper Limb

• The Nervous System: Overview
• The Brachial Plexus: Motor Innervation
• The Brachial Plexus: Sensory Innervation; Blood Supply

 
Week 3 – The Scapula

• Elevation and Depression
• Protraction, Retraction, Medial Rotation, and Lateral Rotation

 
Week 4 – The Glenohumeral Joint

• Structure of the Joint; Flexion and Extension
• Abduction, Adduction, and the Rotator Cuff

 
Week 5 – The Elbow and Wrist

• Elbow: Flexion, Extension, Supination, and Pronation
• Wrist: Structure of the Joint; Flexion and Extension

 
Week 6 – The Hand

• Bony Structure, the Carpal Tunnel, and Extrinsic Muscles of the Hand
• Intrinsic Muscles of the Hand
• Extrinsic and Intrinsic Muscles of the Thumb