1. A winged scapula usually indicates damage to the following nerve
✓ Long thoracic
- Suprascapular
- Dorsal scapular
- Thoracodorsal
2. Which is the following statements concerning lateral rotations of the upper arm at
glenohumeral/shoulder joint, is correct?
- Produced by contraction of the teres major muscle
- Produced y contraction of the subscapularis muscle
- Produced by contraction of the serratus anterior muscle
✓ Produced by contraction of the infraspinatus muscle
3. Cutaneous nerve supply of the skin covering the top of shoulder is derived from which of
the following nerves?
- Subscapular
- Lateral pectoral
✓ Lateral supraclavicular
- Upper lateral cutaneous nerve of the arm
4. Which os these statements concerning the clavicle is correct?
- Apex of the lung lies behind its middle 1/3
- Attached to it is the pectoralis minor muscle
✓ Crossed posteriorly by the supraclavicular nerves
- Trapezius is attached to the posterior border of the lateral 1/3 of its shaft
5. Which of these statements about the axillary nerve is correct?
- No cutaneous branches
✓ Supplies the deltoid and teres minor
- Medial to the long head of triceps
- Passes backwards posterior to the teres major
6. Which of these statements about the pectoralis major muscle is correct?
- Attached to the floor of the bicipital groove
- Lateral rotator of the upper arm at the glenohumeral joint
- Supplied by branches of the three cords of the brachial plexus
✓ Involved in flexion of the upper arm at the glenohumeral joint
, 7. Which of these statements concerning flexion of the upper limb at the shoulder through
180 degrees from the anatomical position is correct?
- Involves a muscle supplied by C8
✓ Involves a muscle supplied by the musculocutaneous nerve
8. Considering the axillary artery, which of these statements is correct?
✓ Gives rise to the thoraco-acromial artery
- Second part lies posterior to the teres minor muscle
- Accompanies on its lateral side by the axillary vein
- Posterior cord of the brachial plexus is named because it lies posterior to the 3 rd part
of the artery
9. Considering the shoulder joint, which of these statements is correct?
✓ Supplied in part by the lateral pectoral nerve
- Capsule is strengthened in its lower part by the coracohumeral ligament
- Ball and socket joint between the head of the humerus and the coracoid process of
the scapula
- Long head of the triceps brachii muscle travels inside the capsule to attach to the
supraglenoid tubercle of the scapula
✓ Long thoracic
- Suprascapular
- Dorsal scapular
- Thoracodorsal
2. Which is the following statements concerning lateral rotations of the upper arm at
glenohumeral/shoulder joint, is correct?
- Produced by contraction of the teres major muscle
- Produced y contraction of the subscapularis muscle
- Produced by contraction of the serratus anterior muscle
✓ Produced by contraction of the infraspinatus muscle
3. Cutaneous nerve supply of the skin covering the top of shoulder is derived from which of
the following nerves?
- Subscapular
- Lateral pectoral
✓ Lateral supraclavicular
- Upper lateral cutaneous nerve of the arm
4. Which os these statements concerning the clavicle is correct?
- Apex of the lung lies behind its middle 1/3
- Attached to it is the pectoralis minor muscle
✓ Crossed posteriorly by the supraclavicular nerves
- Trapezius is attached to the posterior border of the lateral 1/3 of its shaft
5. Which of these statements about the axillary nerve is correct?
- No cutaneous branches
✓ Supplies the deltoid and teres minor
- Medial to the long head of triceps
- Passes backwards posterior to the teres major
6. Which of these statements about the pectoralis major muscle is correct?
- Attached to the floor of the bicipital groove
- Lateral rotator of the upper arm at the glenohumeral joint
- Supplied by branches of the three cords of the brachial plexus
✓ Involved in flexion of the upper arm at the glenohumeral joint
, 7. Which of these statements concerning flexion of the upper limb at the shoulder through
180 degrees from the anatomical position is correct?
- Involves a muscle supplied by C8
✓ Involves a muscle supplied by the musculocutaneous nerve
8. Considering the axillary artery, which of these statements is correct?
✓ Gives rise to the thoraco-acromial artery
- Second part lies posterior to the teres minor muscle
- Accompanies on its lateral side by the axillary vein
- Posterior cord of the brachial plexus is named because it lies posterior to the 3 rd part
of the artery
9. Considering the shoulder joint, which of these statements is correct?
✓ Supplied in part by the lateral pectoral nerve
- Capsule is strengthened in its lower part by the coracohumeral ligament
- Ball and socket joint between the head of the humerus and the coracoid process of
the scapula
- Long head of the triceps brachii muscle travels inside the capsule to attach to the
supraglenoid tubercle of the scapula
