Anatomy - Basic Upper limb Flashcards
What levels are effected with damage in erb-duchenne palsy?
C5-C7 , due to falling on neck or difficult delivery
What levels are screwed in klumpkes paralysis?
C8-T1, due to grabbing a tree limb or difficult delivery.
Would claw hand be present in erb-duchenne’s or klumpkes?
Klumpkes
- all digits clawed, intrinsic muscles of the hand are innervated by C8-T1. All lumbricles and interossi are gone
What does a midshaft fracture cause and what are possible etiologies of similar nerve problems.
Radial
Crutches - saturday nite palsy
What can result in radial nerve damage?
Wrist drop
What does froments sign test?
ulnar nerve damage - Adductor pollis lesion
Where does wasting occur in ulnar nerve damage?
- hypothenar eminence
Where do you have damage in the cubital tunnel problem?
- ulnar nerve
Where can median nerve injury occur?
between the two head of the protonator trees in hypertrophy and in the carpal tunnal. Causes swelling due to edema that causes pressure on the nerve
- Lose sensory on the first 3 1/2 digits of the palm, superficial flexor retinaculum
What specific muscles do the
ulnar nerve go through
radial nerve go through
median nerve go through
- The ulnar nerve goes through the 2 heads flexor carpi ulnaris
- The radial nerve goes through the supinator
- The median nerve goes through the pronator teres
Where is the long thoracic n. in relation to the serratus anterior?
Superficial to the serratus anterior
What vertebral areas do the biceps, brachioradialis, and the triceps test
Biceps - C5
Brachioradialis - C6
Triceps - C7
Sensation of thumb, middle finger, pinky finger comes from?
Thumb - C6
Middle finger - C7
Pinky finger - C8
What is normal in reflexes?
2 out of 4
What is normal in a strength test?
5/5
