Clinical science · 6 min
Origins and insertions that show up as trap options
Short head to coracoid. Long head to the supraglenoid tubercle, not 'the glenoid' because you got tired.
Anatomy items on this exam are not asking you to recite Gray's. They are asking whether you will pick the famous neighbor. Scaphoid when they palpated pisiform. Trapezium when they said ulnar. Glenoid when they meant supraglenoid tubercle.
High-frequency traps in this bank's neighborhood
Medial / ulnar / pinky wrist crease
Sartorius, gracilis, semitendinosus
Semimembranosus because it also 'semi'
Hip hiker, iliac crest toward 12th rib
Psoas because both are 'deep back'
Hip and knee (two joints)
The vasti, which do not flex the hip
Lateral epicondyle / tennis elbow tendon
Any flexor because it is 'elbow pain'
Retract; diamond cue in this bank
Calling trapezius the diamond
Phalanges have one epiphysis, at the proximal base. Do not classify them as a shaft plus two ends. Soleus is the uniarticular standing plantarflexor under gastrocnemius. Do not hook it to the sole of the foot.
Name the bump. 'Glenoid' by itself is how they catch you.
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