spinal nerves Flashcards
Nerves in the Cervical Plexus
Phrenic Nerve
Nerves in the Brachial Plexus
- radial nerve
- axillary nerve
- musculocutaneous nerve
- median nerve
- ulnar nerve
Nerves that don’t belong to a plexus
- intercostal nerve via dorsal ramus
- intercostal nerve via ventral ramus
Nerves in the Lumbar plexus
- obturator Nerve
- femoral Nerve
- Saphenous vein
Nerves in the Sacral Plexus
- Gluteal
- sciatic
- tibial
- common fibular nerve
phrenic nerve innervation
diaphragm
radial nerve innervation
skin of posterolateral arm, forearm, and dorsal hand
all extensor muscles of arm, forearm and wrist
Innervation of Axillary nerve
skin and muscle of shoulder
Innervation of musculocutaneous Nerves
skin along lateral surface of forearm
flexor muscles of arm
innervation of median nerve
skin along lateral palmar surface of hand, wrist and palmar digit #1
- muscles of wrist flexors on lateral forearm and hand flexors
Innervation of Ulnar Nerve
- skin along medial surface of wrist, hand, digits #4/5
- muscles of medial forearm
innervation of intercostal nerve via dorsal ramus
- skin and muscle at appropriate level of back
innervation of intercostal nerve via ventral ramus
- skin and muscles at appropriate level of thoracic and abdominal wall
innervation of obturator nerve
skin of mid-medial surface of thigh- adductor muscles of the thigh
innervation of femoral nerve
- skin over anteromedial surface of thigh, leg, and ankle
- muscles of anterior medial surface of thigh