L18 - Lower Limb Nerve Injuries Flashcards
cauda equina vs conus lesions
difference? label diagram
what are the landmarks for lumbar punctures
how else do they differ injury briefly
cauda equina vs conus medullaris injuries differences
pain severity? pain location? sensory disturbance? motor loss? reflexes? bowel / bladder sexual function?
cauda equina vs conus lesions
causes of injuries
give examples
nerve root entrapment - what is this aka
what is it cause by, examples list
what nerve roots are commonly impinged and where do they exist
where may the pain be felt and how does this present
lower limb dermatomes
imagine and label what does each supply
what nerve roots cause knee jerk and ankle jerk
lower limb
weakness
what nerve roots cause weakness in different places
label the lumbar and sacral plexus
label the lumbar and sacral plexus
find lateral cutaneous femoral posterior femoral obturator sciatic genitofemoral pudendal illioinguinal illiohypogastric inferior and superior gluteal
what causes lumbosacral plexus lesions
femoral nerve organisation
what is affected if the damage is proximal
what happens if it is below iguinal ligamnet
what would a distal lesion cause
what happens if you damage femoral nerve?
lateral cut nerve?
what symptoms occur as a result of these damage
how can femoral nerve be damaged
sciatica
what is it what does it cause
differential diagnosis?
what are the causes?
piriformis syndrome
what is it what does it cause
sciatic nerve injury
what does it cause
what can cause this
what can a partial sciatic nerve damage like look like
what are the major divisions of the sciatic nerve, label them
sciatic nerve divisions
find saphenous n common peroneal superficial peroneal n common peroneal n sural cutaneous nerve sciatic nerve medial and lateral plantar nerve deep peroneal n. tibial nerve
tibial nerve
where is it
what does damge to it cause
—symptoms? differential?
what causes it in the first place
what does this nerve give branches to and where
sural nerve
what type is it
common peroneal nerve
what can it be damahed by
what does damage cause
neurogenic foot drop
what is it caused by and where does this occur, what nerves
polyneuropathy
what is it
what does peripheral neurpathy refer to and what does this include
—-give examples of different types
length dependant polyneuropathy
what are common causes. what are clinical symptoms
non length dependant polyneuropathy
what causes it, how does this happen and what are the main types
Guillain Barre Syndrome
what is it
whend does it happen
how does it progress
other features?
neuronopathy
what is it
what are the type of it — site of damage and causes
