Brachial Plexus Flashcards
Long Thoracic Nerve
C5-C7: Serratus Anterior
Dorsal Scapular Nerve
C5: Levator Scapulae, Rhomboid Minor and Major
Supracapular Nerve
C5-C6: Supraspinatus and Infraspinatus
Nerve to subclavius
C5-C6: Subclavius
Lateral Pectoral Nerve
C5-C7: Pectoralis Major
Medial Pectoral Nerve
C8-T1: Pectoralis Major, Pectoralis Minor
Upper Subscapular Nerve
C5: Subscapularis
Lower Subscapular Nerve
C6: Subscapularis and Teres Major
Thoracodorsal Nerve
C6-C8: Latissimus Dorsi
Axillary Nerve
Terminal branch of posterior cord; C5-C6; Deltoid and Teres Minor
Musculocutaneous Nerve
Terminal branch of lateral cord: C5-C7: Biceps brachii, Brachialis and Coracobrachialis
Median Nerve
innervates muscles of ANTERIOR FOREARM and hand
Pronator Teres, Pronator Quadratus, Flexor carpi radialis, Flexor digitorum Superficialis, Flexor digitorum profundus (1/2), Flexor pollicis longus and Palmaris Longus
Median Nerve hand innervation
1/2 LOAF
Lumbricals 1 and 2, Opponens pollicis, Abductor pollicis and Flexor Pollicis Brevis
Ulnar Nerve
innervate muscle in anterior forearm and HAND
Flexor Carpi Ulnaris and 1/2 Flexor digitorum profundus
Hand: everything but 1/2 LOAF
Radial Nerve
Posterior compartment muscles of arm/forearm
i.e Triceps brachii,