Nerve Palsies of the Limbs Flashcards
how can nerves be damaged?
trapped
injured
compressed
myotome: C5
elbow flexors
myotome: C6
wrist extensors
myotome: C7
elbo extensord
myotome: C8
finger extensors
myotome: T1
intrinsic hand muscles
myotome: L2
hip flexors
myotome: L3
knee extensors
myotome: L4
ankle dorsiflexors
myotome: L5
long toe extensors
myotome: S1
ankle plantar flexors
brachial plexus injuries result in:
Erb’s palsy
Klumpke’s palsy
total brachial plexus
cause of nerve palsy: axillary
secondary to trauma
cause of nerve palsy: radial
secondary to compression or entrapment
cause of nerve palsy: medial
carpal tunnel syndrome
cause of nerve palsy: ulnar
cubital tunnel syndrome
draw the brachial plexus
see notes
what does C5,6 brachial plexus injury result in?
Erb’s palsy
what does C8-T1 brachial plexus injury result in?
klumpke’s palsy
describe an erb’s palsy
waiter’s tip - shoulder adducted and IR, elbow extended and pronated, wrist flexed
describe a Klumpke’s palsy
small muscles of hand - claw hand
nerve roots of musculocutaneous nerve
C5,6,7
what cord does the musculocutaneous nerve come from?
lateral
describe the course of the musculocutaneous nerve
pierces coracobrachialis, then runs inferiorly between biceps and brachialis
what does the musculocutaneous nerve terminate as?
lateral cutaneous nerve of the forarms
what does the musculocutaneous nerve supply?
anterior capsule of elbow
BBC and skin overlying the insertions of these muscles
what is Hilton’s law?
a sensory nerve supplying a joint also supplies the muscles moving the joint and the skin overlying the insertions of these muscles