Brachial Plexus Components Flashcards
What spinal nerves make up the roots?
C5-T1
What are the 3 trunks?
superior, middle, inferior
What spinal nerve roots become the superior trunk?
C5 and C6
What spinal nerve roots become the middle trunk?
C7
What spinal nerve roots become the inferior trunk?
C8 and T1
What is the anterior branch of the superior trunk?
lateral
What is the posterior branch of the superior trunk?
posterior
What are the two branches of the superior trunk?
lateral and posterior
What is the anterior branch of the middle trunk?
lateral
What is the posterior branch of the middle trunk?
posterior
What are the two branches of the middle trunk?
lateral and posterior
What are the two branches of the inferior trunk?
medial and posterior
What is the anterior branch of the inferior trunk?
medial
What is the posterior branch of the inferior trunk?
posterior
What are the 3 cords?
lateral, posterior, medial
What 2 branches make up the lateral cord?
superior, middle
What branch makes up the medial cord?
inferior
What cord makes the musculotaneus nerve?
lateral
What nerves do the lateral cord make?
musculotaneus and medial
What cords make up the median nerve?
lateral, medial
What nerves do the medial cord make?
ulnar, median
What cord makes up the radial nerve?
posterior
What nerves do the posterior cord make?
radial and axillary
What cord makes up the axillary nerve?
posterior
