Spinal Thoracic Lumbar Sacral Coccygeal Flashcards
Posterior primary ramus projects? And divides into?
Posteriorward and medial, lateral branch
Thoracic spinal nerve roots split into mixed nerves?
Posterior, anterior primary ramus
The medial branches have motor and sensory function
True
Muscles supplied by the medial branch of the posterior primary ramus? Sensory?
Semispinalis( upper six), longissimus (lower six),
Sensory supply to skin paraspinally
The lateral branches increase in size from superior to inferior
True
The lateral branches supply motor and sensory to?
Longissimus, iliocostalis, levator costarum.
Sensory supply to skin near the costal angles
The anterior primary rami generally follows the course of the rib above the nerve
True
The anterior primary ramus of T1 will contribute to the what?
Brachial plexus a smaller branch will form the first intercostal nerve
The anterior primary rami of T2 and T1 (sometimes) contribute to the what nerve?
Intercostobrachial nerve.
Each intercostal nerve gives off a what branches?
Anterior lateral posterior branches which all supply overlying skin
Intercostal nerves terminate as what?
Anterior cutaneous branches which supply the skin close to the midline
As intercostal nerves course along their adjacent ribs, they give off muscular branches to supply?
Internal intercostals, external intercostals, serratus posterior, transverse thoracis, transverse abdominal, internal abdominal oblique, external abdominal oblique, rectus abdominus
The intercostal nerves will supply?
Adjacent blood vessels, bones, joints, ligaments
The largest of the thoracic nerves, follows course similar to intercostal nerves, contributes to lumbar plexus?
Subcostal (T 12)
The subcostal nerve supplies ?
Skin as inferior as the superior buttocks
Each thoracic nerve communicates with sympathetic trunk by way of?
White and gray rami communicans
The grey ramus is medial or lateral to the whit ramus?
Medial
Each lumbar nerve root divides into?
Anterior primary ramus and posterior primary ramus
The posterior primary rami of the lumbar nerves travels posteriorly and divides into?
Medial and lateral branches
The medial branches of the posterior rami supply?
Multifidi
The lateral branches of the posterior primary rami supply?
Erector spinae group. Which is iliocostalis, longissimus and semispinalis
Th anterior primary rami of the lumbar nerve root contribute to the?
Lumbar (L1-L4) and sacral (L4 and L5) plexuses
Sympathetic trunk : there are usually four lumbar sympathetic ganglia
True
There will be white rami communicans associated with what nerves?
L1 L2 L3 nerves
Gray rami communicans associated with each lumbar nerve
True. Carry postganglionic sympathetics
Lumbar plexus is formed by?
Anterior primary rami of L1-L3 and part of L4 also receive info from T12 by way of communication with L1 nerve
The muscular branches from the anterior rami supply?
Quadratus lumborum, psoas major and psoas minor