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What does Randy Travis Drinks Cold Beer mean?

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Roots
Trunks
Divisions
Cords
Branches
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Spinal levels in upper trunk

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C5-C6

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Spinal levels in Middle Trunk

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C7

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Spinal levels in Lower Trunk

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C8-T1

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Spinal levels in posterior cord

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C5-T1

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Spinal levels in musculocutaneous nerve

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C5-C7

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Spinal levels in Median nerve

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C5-T1

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Spinal levels in Ulnar nerve

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C8-T1

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What nerves branch off the posterior cord?

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axillary and radial

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Injury to upper trunk.

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Erb palsy (waiter’s tip)

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Injury to lower trunk

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Klumpke palsy (claw hand)

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Injury to posterior cord

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Wrist drop

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Injury to Axillary nerve

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Deltoid paralysis

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Injury to Radial nerve

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“Saturday night palsy” (wrist drop)

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Injury to Musculocutaneous Nerve

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Problems flexing elbow

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Damage to median nerve

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“Pope’s blessing” (decreased thumb function)

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Damage to Ulnar nerve

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Claw hand

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Damage to long thoracic nerve

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winged scapula

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What causes “waiter’s tip” in Erb palsy?

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Deficits in:

  • Deltoid/supraspinatus (so arm is ADDucted)
  • Infraspinatus (so arm is MEDIALY rotated)
  • Biceps brachii (arm extended and pronated)
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What injuries cause Klumpke palsy?

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  • Infants (upward force on arm during delivery)

- Adults (grabbing tree branch while falling)

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What causes the claw hand in Klumpke palsy?

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deficits in intrinsic hand muscles (no lumbricles, so MCPs are extended and DIPs/PIPs are flexed)

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What injuries cause thoracic outlet syndrome?

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-Pancoast tumor

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What is the deficit in thoracic outlet syndrome?

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compression of lower trunk and subclavian vessels (give same deficits as Klumpke palsy with atrophy of intrinsic hand muscles and pain from vascular compression)

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What injury leads to Winged scapula?

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  • Axillary node dissection after mastectomy

- Stab wounds

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Why does your scapula "wing" with thoracic nerve injury?
Inability of the serratus anterior to anchor scapula to thoracic cage (and cannot abduct arm above horizontal plane)
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What injuries affect the axillary nerve?
- Fractured surgical neck of humerus | - Anterior dislocation of humerus
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What is the presentation of axillary nerve lesion?
- Flat deltoid - Loss of abduction at shoulder (>15 degrees) - Loss of sensation over deltoid and lateral arm
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What is the presentation of musculocutaneous nerve damage?
- Loss of forearm flexion and supination | - Loss of sensation over lateral forearm
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What injuries cause radial nerve damage?
- Midshaft fracture of huemrus | - Compression of axilla (crutches or sleeping with arm over chair)
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What is the presentation of radial nerve damage?
- Wrist drop (lose all extension past elbow) - Decrease grip strength - Loss of sensation over posterior arm/forearm and dorsal hand
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What injuries cause median nerve damage?
- Supracondylar fracture of humerus (proximal lesion) | - Carpal tunnel syndrome and wrist laceration (distal lesion)
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What is the presentation of median nerve damage?
- Ape hand (lose thumb opposition, and flexion of wrist and lateral fingers) - Lose sensation over thenar eminence and dorsal/palmar aspects of lateral 3.5 fingers
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What injuries cause ulnar nerve injury?
- Fracture of medial epicondyle of humerus (funny bone) | - Fractured hook of hamate
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What is the presentation of ulnar nerve injury?
- Claw on digit extension - Radial deviation of wrist on flexing (proximal lesion) - Loss of flexion of wrist and medial fingers; abduction/adduction of fingers, actions of medial 2 lumbrical muscles - Loss of sensation of medial 1.5 fingers and hypothenar eminence
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What causes injury to the recurrent branch of the medial nerve?
-Superficial laceration of palm
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What is the presentation of injury to recurrent branch of median nerve?
- Ape hand | - No loss of sensation
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What cervical levels are in the axillary nerve?
C5-C6
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What cervical levels are in the ulnar nerve?
C8-T1
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Spinal levels for obturator
L2-L4
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Spinal levels for femoral
L2-L4
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Spinal levels for common peroneal
L4-S2
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Spinal levels for tibial
L4-S3
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Spinal levels for superior gluteal
L4-S1
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Spinal levels for inferior gluteal
L5-S2
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Cause of obturator injury
pelvic surgery
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Presentation of obturator injury
- Poor adduction | - Loss of medial thigh sensation
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Cause of femoral nerve injury
pelvic fracture
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Presentation of femoral nerve injury
-Poor thigh flexion and leg extension
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Cause of common peroneal nerve injury
- Compression of lateral leg aspect | - Fibular neck fracture
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Presentation of common peroneal nerve injury
- Food drop (plantar flexed and inverted) - Steppage gait - Loss of dorsal foot sensation
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Cause of tibial nerve injury
- Knee trauma - Baker cyst (proximal) - Tarsal tunnel syndrome (distal)
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Presentation of tibial nerve injury
- Inability to curl toes - Loss of sensation to sole of foot - (Proximal lesion)- foot everted and dorsiflexed
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Cause of superior gluteal nerve injury
- Posterior hip dislocation - Shot in superior medial butt - Polio
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Presentation of superior gluteal nerve injury
-Trendelenburg sign/gait (contralateral hip drop when patient putting weight on side that is injured)
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Cause of inferior gluteal nerve injury
Posterior hip dislocation
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Presentation of inferior gluteal nerve injury
- Difficulty climbing stairs or rising from seat | - Loss of hip extension
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PED TIP
Peroneal Everts & Dorsiflexes | Tibial Inverts and Plantarflexes
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Levels of sciatic nerve
L4-S3
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What does the sciatic nerve split into?
- Common peroneal nerve | - Tibial nerve
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Artery running with long thoracic at axilla/lateral thorax
Lateral thoracic
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Artery running with axillary nerve at surgical neck of humerus
Posterior circumflex
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Artery running with radial nerve at midshaft of humerus
Deep brachial
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Artery running with median nerve at distal humerus/cubital fossa
Brachial
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Artery running with tibial nerve through popliteal fossa
Popliteal
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Artery running with tibial nerve posterior to medial malleolus
posterior tibial

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