quiz #1 - review worksheet

Question 1

which hand results from a median nerve injury?

Answer 1

oath hand

Question 2

define neurotemesis

Answer 2

complete/ partial severance, sensory motor & autonomic losses

Question 3

trace the radial nerve path

Answer 3

1. posterior cord of Brachial Plexus C5-T1
2. Travels spiral groove laterally
3. Divides at Supinator to Posterior motor branch & Superficial branch
4. Motor branch travels along radius, terminating at the posterolateral wrist

Question 4

T/F - the ulnar nerve affects the thenar eminance

Answer 4

FALSE
(median nerve)

ulnar nerve = hypothenar

Question 5

ULTT 3 tests which nerve?

Answer 5

radial nerve

Question 6

dysesthesia

Answer 6

pain

Question 7

parasthesia

Answer 7

sensory impairment

Question 8

paresis

Answer 8

weakness

Question 9

flaccidicty

Answer 9

motor loss

Question 10

inflammation, axon unaffected, constant dull pain

Answer 10

neuritis

Question 11

severe pain, sudden, intense, persistent, burning

Answer 11

causalgia

Question 12

P syndrome, abnormal sympathetic reflex, arterial spasm

Answer 12

RSD (reflex sympathetic dystrophy)

Question 13

abnormal nerve healing, tumour cells, may or may not be symptomatic

Answer 13

neuromas

Question 14

define Bell’s palsy

Answer 14

-unilateral weakness/ paralysis of the face
-loss of control of lacrimation, possible reduced salivation
-inability to puff cheek

Question 15

anesthesia

Answer 15

sensory loss