Brachial plexus Flashcards

1
Q

what are the spinal nerves that make up the brachial plexus?

A

C5, C6, C7, C8, T1

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2
Q

what branches make up the superior trunk?

A

C5 and C6

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3
Q

what branches make up the middle trunk?

A

C7

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4
Q

what branches make up the inferior trunk?

A

C8 and T1

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5
Q

what are the two divisions?

A

anterior and posterior

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6
Q

what makes up the lateral cord?

A

anterior divisions from the middle and superior trunk

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7
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what makes up the posterior cord?

A

posterior divisions from all the trunks

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8
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what makes up the medial cord?

A

anterior division of the inferior trunk

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9
Q

what makes up the musculocutaneous branch?

A

the lateral cord

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10
Q

what makes up the axillary branch?

A

a branch of the posterior cord

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11
Q

what makes up the median branch?

A

branches from the lateral and medial cords

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12
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what makes up the radial branch?

A

a branch of the posterior cord

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13
Q

what makes up the ulnar branch?

A

a branch of the medial cord

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14
Q

what are the nerves of the supraclavicular part of the branchial plexus?

A

dorsal scapular
long thoracic
suprscapular
nerve to the subclavis

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15
Q

dorsal scapular innervation and what spinal nerve makes it?

A

C5 and innervates the levator scapulae and both rhomboid major and minor

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16
Q

long thoracic innervation and spinal nerve make up?

A

innervates the serratus anterior

made of C5, C6, C7

17
Q

nerve to subclavius innervation and spinal nerve make up?

A

C5 and C6

innervates subclavius muscle

18
Q

suprscapular nerve innervation and spinal nerve make up?

A

C4-C6

innervates the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles

19
Q

what are the nerves of the infraclavicular part of the brachial plexus?

A

branches of the cords

20
Q

what branches off the lateral cord?

A

musculocutaneous nerve
lateral pectoral nerve
median nerve

21
Q

what branches off the posterior cord?

A
radial nerve
axillary nerve
upper subscapular nerve
lower subscapular nerve 
thoracodorsal nerve
22
Q

what branches off the medial cord?

A
median nerve
ulnar nerve
medial pectoral nerve
medial brachial cutaneous nerve
medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve
23
Q

what are the short branches of the infraclavicular brachial plexus?

A

uppper and lower subscapular nerves
thoracodorsal
medial and lateral pectoral nerves

24
Q

what are the long branches of the infraclavicular brachial plexus?

A
musculocutaneous 
radial 
axillary
median
ulnar
25
Q

what long branch is responsible for flexion of arm(bicept)

A

musculocutaneous

26
Q

what long branch is responsible for flexion of wrists and fingers?

A

median and ulnar

27
Q

what long branch is responsible for extension of wrists and fingers?

A

radial

28
Q

what long branch innervates the deltoid?

A

axillary

29
Q

innervation of the thoracodorsal nerve?

A

latissimus dorsi

30
Q

innervation upper and lower subscapular nerves

A
subscapularis both
teres major (upper only)
31
Q

lateral pectoral innervation

A

pec major

32
Q

medial pectoral innervation

A

pec major and minor