Brachial And cervical plexus Flashcards
How doe spinal nerves leave the spinal cord
Via the intervertebral foramen
What are the trunks of the brancia, plexus
Superior c5,6
Middle c7
Inferior c8 and t1
What are the branches of the plexus
Musculotaneous Axillary Median Radial Ulnar
What sit he cervical Lexus
Network of nerve fibres in posterior triangle in prevertebral layer C1,2,3,4
What si the phrenic nerve
C3,4,5
Sensory and motor to diaphragm
What does c1 do
Motor nerves to genio hyoid and thyrohyoid
What does c1-3 make up
Ansa cervicalis
What a re the sensory branches of the cervical plexus
Lesser occipital c2
Transverse cervical c2,3
Greater auricular c2,3
Supraclavicular c3,4
What does the greater auricular nerve supply
Sensation to external ear and skin over parotid gland
What forms the axillary sinus
Combined anterior rami of c5,6,7,8 and t1