Anatomy Flashcards
Horseshoe Kidney
- What is it?
- What is the associated problem?
= fusion of inferior poles of kidney
Can result in urinary obstruction due to altered course of urethra
Where would you test for C7 dermatome?
Middle finger - palmar or dorsal surface
Hypothenar muscle supply
Deep Ulnar
Thenar muscle supply
Recurrent branch of median
Control of finger flexion
Median/ulnar nerve
Control of thumb movement
Ulnar nerve
Erb-Duchenne Palsy
C5-6 damage
Klumpke’s Palsy
T1 damage
= claw hand, no ulnar supply to intrinsic hand muscles
Radial Nerve
- Cord
- Loss of functions
- Associations
Posterior cord
Functions
= wrist drop, loss of extension, anaesthesia on dorsum of hand
Associated with humeral neck #
Median Nerve
- Loss of functions
- Associations
Loss = weak wrist flexion, no prontation
Associated with ALS, carpal tunnel, diabetes, polyarteritis nodosa
Why is ulnar nerve palsy less severe in 3rd and 4th digits?
There is dual nerve supply to these digits
Ulnar Nerve
- Loss of functions
- Associations
Claw hand, hypothenar wasting
Associated with wrist laceration, carpal tunnel/elbow injury
Median Nerve and forearm flexors
Innervate nearly all EXCEPT only half of FDP
Parasympathetic outflow
Cranial = CN III, VII, IX, X
Vagus supplies the thorax and abdomen
Sacral = S1-S3
Spinal roots
- Dorsal vs ventral
- Difference between roots and rami
Dorsal = sensory fibres
Ventral = motor fibres
Rami - contain both types of fibre, dorsal ramus and ventral ramus
Dorsal column
- modality carried
- spilt into…
Modality = conscious proprioception, fine touch, vibration
Split = gracilus (lower limb), cuneatus (upper limb)
Spinothalamic tract
- modality carried
- split into…
Pain and temperature - lateral
Crude touch and pressure - anterior
What carries vibration, fine touch and conscious proprioception?
Dorsal column
What carries pain, temperature sense?
Lateral spinothalamic
What carries crude touch and pressure?
Anterior spinothalamic
Corticospinal tract
- modality carried
- split into…
Fine precise movement
Anterior and lateral - lateral fibres have decussated (switched sides) higher up
Where is responsible for chorea and Hutington’s Disease?
Caudate nucleus