DIT review - MSK 4 Flashcards
What muscle is innervated by the long thoracic nerve
- Serratus anterior (outer surface of upper 8- 9 ribs -> medial border of anterior scapula)
What nerve innervates the supraspinatous m
Suprascapular nerve (branch of superior trunk)
What nerve innervates the infraspinatous m.
Suprascapular nerve (branch of superior trunk)
What nerve innervates pec major?
Lateral pectoral
What muscle is innervated by upper subscapularis nerve?
subscapularis
What muscle is innervated by lower subscapularis nerve?
Teres major
What is the motor and sensory innervation of musculocutaneous nerve?
- Motor:
- Biceps
- Coracobrachialis
- Brachialis
- Arm flexors
- Sensation:
- Lateral forearm
What is the motor and sensory innervation of median nerve?
- Motor:
- Pronator muscles
- Thenar eminence
- Wrist flexion
- Flexion of lateral fingers
- Sensation:
- Thenar eminence
- Dorsal and palmar aspect of lateral 3.5 fingers
What is the motor and sensory innervation of ulnar nerve?
- Motor:
- Interosseous (abduction and adduction of fingers)
- Hypothenar
- Wrist flexion
- Flexion of medial fingers
- Sensation:
- Medial 1.5 fingers including hypothenar eminence
What is the motor and sensory innervation of axillary nerve?
- Motor:
- Deltoid
- Teres minor
- Sensation:
- Deltoid area
What is the motor and sensory innervation of radial nerve?
- Motor:
- Extensors of arm and wrist (e.g. triceps)
- Sensation:
- Posterior arm/forearm
- Dorsal hand
Label the branches of the brachial plexus
A - long thoracic
B - suprascapular
C - lateral pectora
D - upper subscapular
E - thoracodorsal
F - lower subscapular
G - musculocutaneous
H - axillary
I - radial
J - median
K - ulnar
What is the name and cause of damage to the superior trunk of the brachial plexus
- Erb-Duchenne Palsy (“waiter’s tip”)
- Injury to superior trunk (C5-C6)
- Causes:
- Lateral neck traction during delivery of babies
- Trauma in adults
Describe the affected nerves/presentation of Erb-Duchenne Palsy
- Axillary nerve damage
- Deltoid
- Cannot abduct – arm hangs by side
- Deltoid
- Suprascapular nerve damage
- Supraspinatous
- Cannot abduct – arm hangs by side
- Infraspinatous
- Cannot externally rotate – arm medially rotated
- Supraspinatous
- Musculocutaneous nerve damage
- Biceps
- Cannot flex/supinate – arm extended and pronated
- Biceps
What is the name and cause of damage to the inferior trunk of the brachial plexus
- Injury to inferior trunk (C8-T1)
- Causes:
- Infants – upward force on arm during delivery
- Adults – trauma (e.g. grabbing a tree branch to break a fall)
Describe presentation of Klumpke palsy
- Total claw hand
- Atrophy of thenar and hypothenar eminence
- Inability to extend MCP joints
- Inability to flex PIP and DIP joints
What nerve is damaged when you are unable to extend 4th and 5th finger
Ulnar nerve (ulnar claw)
What nerve is damaged when you are unable to abduct thumb?
Median nerve (ape hand)
Unable to flex index and middle finger
Median nerve (benediction hand / Pope’s blessing)
Damage to what nerve causes wrist drop?
Radial nerve
Damage to what nerve causes scapular winging?
Long thoracic nerve
Cannot abduct or adduct fingers
Ulnar nerve damage