B And C Plexus Flashcards
What does the cervical plexus serve
Head
Neck
Shoulders
What does the brachial plexus serve
Chest
Shoulders
Arms
Hands
What does the lumbar plexus serve
GC-KAT
Groin
Knees
Abdomen
Thighs
Calves
What does the sacral plexus serve
Pelvis
Buttocks
Genitals
Thighs
Calves
Feet
What does the coccygeal plexus serve
Small region over the coccyx
What forms the cervical plexus
Ventral rami of the upper 4 cervical nerves
Part of fifth cervical nerve from spinal cord
Cervical plexus
Cutaneous/sensory branches
Lesser occipital nerve (C2)
Greater auricular nerve (C2,C3-above ear)
Transverse cervical (C2,C3- lateral portion of neck)
Suprascapular (C3,C4- right above clavical)
Cervical plexus
Muscular/motor branches
APS
Ansa cervicalis (C1.C2,C3 hyoid muscle-talking)
Phrenic (C3,C4,C5- diaphragm)
Segmental branches (C1,C2,C3,C4)
Rotator cuff muscles
Supraspinatus
Infraspinatus
Teres minor
Subscapularis
What passes through the quadrangular space
Axillary nerve
Posterior circumflex humeral artery
Which muscle has an attachment to the fibrocartilaginous articular disc of the TMJ
Lateral pterygoid
What nerve innovates the masseter muscle
Trigeminal nerve
Protrusion of the jaw is limited by what ligament
Stylomandibular ligament
What muscles of mastication have an insertion on the coracoid process?
Temporalis
Masseter
What muscle of mastication is the strongest
Superficial masseter