ANAT30007 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Upper Limb, Spinal Cord, Brainstem
19 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Spinal cord
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Brainstem
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cortical
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Levels:
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Map showing brain centres that control body movements
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Neural control of movement
Body divided into modules
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Upper limb
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Lower limb
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Back
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Subject covers:
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Regional Anatomy
1.1 Intro
Sunday, 11 January 2015
9:33 pm
Locomotor Page 1
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A morphological variation outside of what is considered to be the ‘normal’ range. May cause
functional impairment and if not recognised may be damaged (or even removed) at surgery.
Can usually be attributed to an embryological modification
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15% of population lack palmaris longus tendon
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Palmaris longus superficial to median nerve, risk of damaging median nerve
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e.g. Absence of palmaris longus
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Anomalies/variations
Posture and locomotion
Locomotor Page 2
