Nerves Flashcards

1
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Major branches of Brachial Plexus supplying arm muscles

A
  1. Musculocutaneous (more Anterior)

2. Radial (more posterior arm, and forearm)

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2
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Axillary

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Innervates the deltoid and the teres minor muscles

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3
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Radial

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-Innervates posterior muscles (extensors) of the arm and forearm muscles (motor and sensory)

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4
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Radial’s 2 branches

A
  1. Superficial branch

2. Deep Branch

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5
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Superficial branch of radial nerve

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runs under the brachioradialis and is the cutaneous nerve of the dorsum of the hand

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6
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Deep branch of radial nerve

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goes into the supinator muscle and eventually comes out of it as the posterior interosseous nerve

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7
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Musculocutaneous Innervates

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  • anterior muscles (flexors) of the arm

- Changes into the lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve

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