Muscles of the Leg and Foot
TIBIALIS ANTERIOR Anterior view, right leg. Latin, tibia, pipe or flute, shinbone; anterior, before. Origin Upper half of lateral and anterior surface of tibia (including lateral condyle of tibia). Insertion…
Muscles of the Face, Head and Neck
EPICRANIUS (OCCIPITOFRONTALIS) Greek, epi-, above, upon; cranium, skull. This muscle is effectively two muscles (occipitalis and frontalis), united by an aponeurosis called the galea aponeurotica, so named because it forms…
The Moving Body
Anatomical Directions To describe the relative position of body parts and their movements, it is essential to have a universally accepted initial reference position. The standard body position known as…
12. Anterior Instability: Arthroscopic Repair Technique
Case 12 History and Physical Examination A 19-year-old man presents 5 days following an injury to his shoulder while playing touch football. He reports an inability to use his arm…
52. Elbow Contracture
Case 52 History and Physical Examination A 23-year-old, right-hand–dominant woman presents 6 months after a posterior elbow fracture-dislocation reportedly involving the coronoid process. She reports cast immobilization for 4 weeks…
50. Ulnohumeral Arthritis: Arthroscopic Debridement
Case 50 History and Physical Examination A 65-year-old right-hand-dominant man presents with a 1-year history of progressive pain and loss of motion of his left elbow without specific predisposing factors…
15. Slap Lesion
Case 15 History and Physical Examination A 27-year-old right-hand-dominant laborer presents to the office 3 months after an injury that he described as a downward jerk on the arm occurring…
42. Essex-Lopresti Lesion
Case 42 History and Physical Examination A 41-year-old manual labor presents 1 hour after a fall at work onto his extended arm. He complains of pain and swelling in and…
33. Intercondylar Distal Humerus Fractures
Case 33 History and Physical Examination A 23-year-old right-hand-dominant man presents with a 1-day history of left elbow pain and swelling following an altercation in which he was struck with…
