Anatomy III/ Midterm III Past Paper Questions: Spinal Nerves Flashcards
Which cervical ansa contains both motor and sensory nerves?
A) superficial cervical ansa
B) deep cervical ansa
C) none of them
superficial cervical ansa
What are the terminal branches of tibial nerve?
A) medial and lateral sural nerves
B) medial and lateral plantar nerves
C) sciatic and common peroneal nerves
medial and lateral plantar nerves
What are the terminal branches of radial nerve?
A) tibial and common peroneal nerves
B) lat. and medial antebrachial cutaneous nerves
C) superficial and deep branches
superficial and deep branches
What is the terminal branch of femoral nerve?
A) saphenous nerve
B) sciatic nerve
C) obturator nerve
saphenous nerve
What is the terminal branch of musculocutaneus nerve?
A) saphenous nerve
B) lat. antebrachial cutaneous nerve
C) post. antebrachial cutaneous nerve
lat. antebrachial cutaneous nerve
Which nerve innervates the interosseus muscles of the hand?
A) median
B) ulnar
C) radial
ulnar (deep branch)
Which nerve innervates the rectus capitis posterior major muscle?
A) greater occipital
B) suboccipital
C) lesser occipital + third occipital
suboccipital
Which nerve innervates the latissimus dorsi?
A) thoracodorsal
B) phrenic
C) long thoracic
thoracodorsal
Which nerve innervates the flexor muscles of the leg?
A) musculocutaneus
B) tibial
C) common peroneal
tibial
Which nerve innervates the flexor muscles of the arm?
A) musculocutaneus
B) tibial
C) median
musculocutaneous
(for the anatomical definition of “arm” anyway, this referring to the upper arm in informal speech)
Which nerve innervates the majority of the adductor muscles of the thigh?
A) obturator
B) tibial, with some exceptions
C) sciatic
obturator
Which nerve innervates the skin between the 1st and 2nd toes on the dorsal side?
A) deep peroneal
B) sural
C) medial cutaneous dorsal nerve of the foot
deep peroneal
Which nerve pierces the psoas major muscle?
A) third occipital
B) med. cutaneous nerve of thigh
C) genitofemoral
genitofemoral
Which nerve pierces the coracobrachialis muscle?
A) coracobrachial
B) intercostal
C) musculocutaneus
musculocutaneus
Which nerve pierces the vasto-adductor membrane?
A) sural
B) saphenous
C) descending genicular
saphenous
Which nerve pierces the supinator muscle?
A) deep branch of ulnar
B) deep branch of radial
C) musculocutaneus
deep branch of radial
Which nerve(s) pass(es) through the suprapiriform hiatus?
A) suprapiriform
B) inf. gluteal + sciatic
C) sup. gluteal
sup. gluteal
Which nerve passes through the lacuna musculonervosa of the subinguinal hiatus?
A) femoral
B) obturator
C) femoral + post. femoral cutaneous
femoral nerve
(also the lateral femoral cutaneous, but not the posterior!)
Which nerve passes through the Guyon’s canal?
A) median
B) ulnar
C) radial
ulnar
Which nerve passes through the carpal tunnel?
A) median
B) ulnar
C) radial
median
What muscle(s) is/are innervated by the superficial cervical ansa?
What cranial nerve contributes to it?
Platysma
Facial Nerve
What nerve perforates scalenus medius?
Long Thoracic
(question may also ask which nerve innervates serratus anterior)
Where does the lesser occipital nerve come from? (a branch of what?)
Cervical Plexus
What nerve passes through the lesser sciatic foramen?
Pudendal
