Ch 9: Blood supply, Innervation, and Lymph. Drainage of SH girdle Flashcards
brachial plexuses formed by what
ANT primary rami of roots from C5-T1 (including C8)
brachial plexus divided into (mnemonic)
roots, trunks, divisions, cords, branches, individual nerves
“rugby teams drink cold beer (nightly)”
which root(s) unite to form SUP trunk
C5 and C6
which root(s) form middle trunk
C7
3 trunks
superior, middle, and inferior
which root(s) form the INF trunk
C8 and T1
each trunk divides into an _____ and _____ ________
ANT and POST division
which divisions unite to form the the POST cord
POST division of all 3 trunks (SUP, middle, and INF)
the LAT cord is formed by
the ANT division of SUP and middle trunks
the MED cord is formed by
the ANT division of the INF trunk
the cords are named for their spatial orientation around the 2nd part of the ______ ____
axillary artery
compression of nerve means
squished by bone
entrapment of a nerve means
squished by soft tissue (muscle)
3 cords of brachial plexus
LAT, POST, and MED
what’re the terminal branches (MARMU)
musculocutaneous, axillary, radial, median, ulnar
the dorsoscapular n comes from which root(s) and innervates what muscles
C5
levator scapulae, rhomboids