Exam 4 (Neuro Upper Body) Flashcards
Cutaneous, also stands for?
Sensory in periphery
Rostral means?
Front of something
Caudal/caudad mean?
Posterior/Rear
The anterior rootlets send or receive what?
Send(efferent) motor
The posterior rootlets send or receive what?
Receive (afferent) sensory information
Starting from the rootlets map the path of the a nerve.
- Rootlets → Anterior & Posterior Root → Spinal nerve → Posterior Ramus → Medial & lateral cutaneous branches.
- Rootlets → Anterior & Posterior Root → Spinal nerve → Posterior Ramus → Anterior Ramus → Gray Ramus → White Ramus
The left sympathetic ganglion chain is more ____ & ___ than the right.
Posterior & lateral due to the aorta
The anterior ramus of a thoracic nerve splits into?
The lateral & anterior cutaneous branches
Where are the anterior thoracic cutaneous branches located?
Inferior to the rib
What innervates the lower ribcage?
The subcostal branches
How many spinal nerve pairs are there?
- 8 Cervical
- 12 Thoracic
- 5 Lumbar
- 5 Sacral
- 1 Coccygeal
C1 thru C7 nerves exit from?
Above each of their cervical vertebrae
Dermatome C8 innervates?
The pinky & medial part of the forearm
Dermatome C6 innervates?
The thumb & lateral part of forearm
Dermatome T1 innervates?
The elbow
What nerve/s innervates the lower back?
The clunial nerves
What nerve/s innervates the hip?
Iliohypogastric nerve of the lumbar plexus
What nerve innervates the Deltoid?
The axillary nerve
What nerve/s innervate someone’s flank?
The lateral branches of the anterior ramus
Accessory breathing muscles are innervated from where?
The cervical & thoracic nerves
What are the Nuchal nerves from superior to inferior?
- Greater Occipital nerve
- Lesser Occipital nerve
- 3rd Occipital nerve
What innervates the top of the shoulder?
The Supraclavicular nerve
Which nerve has a purely motor function & where does it come from?
- Suboccipital nerve
- Comes from C1
What dermatome does the Greater occipital nerve innervate? What about the 3rd occipital nerve?
- Dermatome C2
- Dermatome C3