Brachial Plexus Nerves Flashcards
Long Thoracic
C5 C6 c7
Serratus Anterior
Dorsal Scapular
C5 c4
Rhomboids occasionally Levator Scapulae
Suprascapular
C5 c6 often c4
Surpaspinatus and infraspinatus
Glenohumeral Joint
Subclavian Nerve ( nerve to subclavian)
c5 C6 and often c4
Subclavius and Sternoclavicular Joint
Lateral Pectoral
c5 C6 c7
Primarly Pectoralis Major but some lateral pectoral fibers pass to Pectoralis Minor via branch to Medial Pectoral Nerve
Musculocutaneous
c5 c6 c7
Muscles of Anterior compartment of arm (Coracobrachialis, biceps brachii and brachialis)
Skin of lateral aspect of Forearm
Median
c6 c7
c8 t1
Muscles of Anterior Forearm compartment (except for flexor capri ulnaris and ulnar half of flexor digitorum profundus)
Five intrinsic muscles in the thenar half of palm and palmar skin
Medial Pectoral
C8 T1
Pectoralis Minor and Sternocostal part of Pectoralis Major
Medial Cutaneous Nerve of Arm
C8 T1
Skin of medial side of arm, as far as distal medial epicondyle of humerus and olecranon of ulna
Median Cutaneous Nerve of Forearm
C8 T1
Skin of Medial Side of forearm, as far distal as wrist
Ulnar
C8 T1 often c7
Flexor capri ulnaris and ulnar half of flexor digitorum profundus
Most intrinsic muscles of hand
Skin of hand medial to axial line of digit 4
Upper Subscapular
C5
Superior portion of Subscapularis
Lower Subscapular
C6
Inferior portion of Subscapularis and Teres Major
Thoracodorsal
c6 C7 c8
Latissimus Dorsi
Axillary
C5 c6 Glenohumeral joint Teres Minor Deltoid Skin of Superolateral Arm
