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Lecture 27 Nerves of the Upper Limb Flashcards

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What is the primary function of the brachial plexus?

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  • provides somatomotor and somatosensory innervation to the upper extremity
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Does the brachial plexus supply sympathetics?

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  • Yes
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Where does the brachial plexus arise from?

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  • cervical enlargement of spinal cord
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What forms the brachial plexus?

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  • the anterior rami of cervical spinal nerve roots C5-T1
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What is the pathway of the brachial plexus?

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  • these spinal nerve roots emerge from the intervetrebral foramina of cervical vertebrae and pass between the anterior and middle scalene muscles of the neck
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Where does the brachial plexus emerge from?

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  • the intervertebral foramina
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What muscles does the brachial plexus pass between?

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  • anterior and middle scalene muscles
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What rami is the brachial plexus comprised of?

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  • ventral

dorsal would go to back of neck

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What are the supraclavicular structures?

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  • phrenic nerve
  • omohyoid
  • sternocleiod mastoid
  • subclavian vein (passes anterior to anterior scalene muscle)
  • subclavian artery (passes with plexus between scalene muscles)
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What is a potential complication of an interscalene block?

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  • anesthesia of the diaphragm and temporary respiratory depression due to proximity of the phrenic nerve
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What are interscalene blocks used for?

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  • used for shoulder procedures bc they numb all of the spinal nerve components of shoulder
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What are interscalene blocks used for?

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  • used for shoulder procedures bc they numb all of the spinal nerve components of shoulder
  • then surgeon removes adhesions of shoulder
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When do we call the subclavian artery the axillary artery?

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  • when it passes beneath clavicle and 1st rib
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Where does the axillary artery run in regards to the brachial plexus?

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  • right in the middle
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What does the neurovascular bundle travel within?

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  • axillary sheath
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16
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What spinal nerves contribute to dermatones outside of the brachial plexus?

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  • C4-T5
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shoulder dermatone

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  • C4
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C5

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  • upper lateral arm and shoulder
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C6

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  • posteriolateral arm and lateral forearm
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C7

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middle of forearm and hand

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C8

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posterioromedial forearm and medial hand

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T1

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  • medial arm
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T2-T5

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  • axillary region
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What is a dermatome?

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  • area of cutaneous sensory innervation supplied by a single spinal nerve
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Cutaneous nerve innervattion overlaps multiple _____

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  • dermatomes
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What is a myotome?

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  • a group of muscles that receive motor innervation from a single spinal nerve
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What myotome does the action of shoulder elevation

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  • C4
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What myotome does the action of shoulder abduction and elbow flection

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C5

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What myotome does the action of elbow flexion, wrist extension

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C6

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What myotome does the action of elbow extension and wrist flexion

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C7

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What myotome does the action of thumb and finger extension

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What myotome does the action of intrinsic hand muscles

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What myotome does the action of intercostal muscles

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Do cutaneous maps have multiple nerve contributions?

35
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Why is there not a 1:1 correspondence between named cutaneous nerves and dermatomes?

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  • because dermatomes are a single nerve innervating a single sensory part whereas cutaneous nerves are comprised of multiple nerves and can innervate multiple dermatomes
36
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why is T2 spinal nerve on left significant

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  • refereed pain during angina and cardiac events
37
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As a general rule an individual named muscle in the limbs is supplied by _____ than one spinal nerve

38
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What is the upper trunk of the brachial plexus that is made up of?

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What is the middle trunk of the brachial plexus made up of?

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What is the lower trunk of the brachial plexus made up of?

41
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What do the anterior divisions of the brachial plexus give rise to?

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  • medial and lateral cord
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What do the posterior divisions of the brachial plexus give rise to?

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  • posterior cord
43
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What are the branches of the brachial plexus?

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  • axillary nerve
  • musculo cutaneous nerve
  • radial nerve
  • median nerve
  • ulnar nerve
44
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What innervates the anterior compartment of the arm?

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  • musculocutaneous nerve
45
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What innervates the posterior compartment of the arm?

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  • radial nerve
46
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What nerve is a flexor of elbow joint?

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  • musculocutaneous nerve
47
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What nerve is an extensor of elbow joint?

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  • radial nerve
48
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What separates the anterior and posterior compartments?

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  • the medial and lateral intermuscular septa
49
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What nerves are in the anterior compartments of the forearm?

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  • ulnar and median nerves
50
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What are the nerves that are in the posterior compartment of the forearm?

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  • radial nerve
51
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what is the shoulder region innervated by?

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  • nerves that come directly from the roots, trunks, or cords of the brachial plexus
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What is the arm region innervated by?

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  • medial cord (cutaneous)
  • musculocutaneous n (anterior)
  • radial n. (posterior)
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the forearm region is innervated by?

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  • a branch from the medial cord (cutaneous)
  • median and ulnar nerves (anterior)
  • radial n (posterior)
54
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The hand receives all motor innervation from the?

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  • median and ulnar nerves
55
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where does the hand receive sensation from?

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  • median
  • ulnar
  • radial nerves
56
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What nerve does the lateral cord give off?

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  • lateral pectoral nerve
57
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What nerves does the medial cord give off?

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  • medial pectoral nerve
  • medial brachial cutaneous nerve
  • medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve
58
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What nerves does the posterior cord give off?

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  • upper and lower subscapular nerves

- thoracodorsal nerve (middle subscapular nerve)

59
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Do both the lateral cord and median cord contribute to the median nerve?

60
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What gives rise to the musculocutaneous nerve?

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  • Lateral cord
61
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What gives rise to the ulnar nerve?

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  • medial cord
62
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What gives rise to the axillary and radial nerve?

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  • posterior cord
63
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ROOTS
TRUNKS
DIVISIONS
CORDS
BRANCHES
A

REAL TEXANS DRINK COLD BEER

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What nerves make the upper trunk?

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What nerves make the middle trunk?

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What nerves make the lower trunk?

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What nerves make up the axillary nerve?

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What nerves make up the posterior cord?

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  • C5
  • C6
  • C7
  • C8
  • T1
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What nerves make up the radial nerve?

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  • C5
  • C6
  • C7
  • C8
  • T1
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What nerves make up the ulnar nerve?

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What nerves make up the median nerve?

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  • C5
  • C6
  • C7
  • C8
  • T1
72
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What nerve makes up the musculocutaneous nerve?

73
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What makes up the lateral cord?

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What makes up the medial cord?

75
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Superior trunk injury leads to

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  • arm adducted
  • arm will be internally (medially) rotated at the elbow
  • there will be pronation
  • there will be extension

(waiters tip)

76
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What does an injury to the superior trunk lead to?

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  • weakness of axillary nerve

- weakness of s

77
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What would happen if you injured the axillary region?

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  • weakness when trying to push something away
  • difficulty extending the wrist
  • difficulty extending the fingers and opening hand
  • wrist drop posture

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