Thoracic Limb Vessels and Nerves Flashcards
Shoulder Sweeney Syndrome is a disease caused by damage to what nerve in horses?
Suprascapular nerve
Which muscles are atrophied in a horse with shoulder Sweeney Syndrome?
Supraspinatus and Infraspinatus muscles
What two reasons are horses more prone to damage of the suprascapular nerve?
- Horses lack an acromion of the scapula so the nerve is not protected
- It is the most cranial of the nerves of the brachial plexus and is prone to avulsion injuries if the horses head is suddenly thrusted laterally
What nerve innervates the extensors of the elbow, extensors of the carpus and extensors of the digits?
Radial Nerve
What muscles contribute to the extensors of the elbow?
Triceps brachii muscle
Anconeus muscle
Tensor fasciae antebrachii muscle
What can occur following severe trauma where roots of spinal nerves that contribute to the brachial plexus are torn?
Brachial Plexus Avulsion
What nerve will not be able to support the animals weight if its damaged?
Radial nerve
Which nerve cannot stabilize the shoulder or advance the limb if its damaged?
Suprascapular and Subscapular Nerve
If an animal is unable to lift the limb off the ground or flex the elbow, which nerve is damaged?
Musculocutaneous nerve
What is used to evaluate ascending pathways to the region of C8 to T1 that supply the cutaneous trunci muscle?
Panniculus reflex or cutaneous trunci reflex
Which nerve is going to supply the cutaneous trunci muscle?
Lateral thoracic nerve
What is the major blood supply to the thoracic limb of a dog?
Axillary a. –> brachial a. –> median a.
Which artery is going to arise from a common trunk with the lateral thoracic artery and supplies the superficial pectoral muscle?
External thoracic artery
Which of the following muscles does the lateral thoracic artery not supply?
a. Deep pectoral muscle
b. Latissimus dorsi muscle
c. Cutaneous trunci muscle
d. It supplies all the above
d. It supplies all the above
Where can you find the subscapular artery?
Between the teres major and subscapularis muscles
Which artery supplies the teres major and latissimus dorsi muscles?
Thoracodorsal artery
Which artery is found between the proximal humerus and teres major and supplies the muscles of the shoulder and proximal brachium, and shoulder joint capsule?
Caudal circumflex humeral artery
What are the muscles of the shoulder and proximal brachium?
Deltoideus muscle
Infraspinatus muscle
Coracobrachialis muscle
Part of the triceps brachii muscle
What does the cranial circumflex humeral artery supply?
Cranial aspect of the biceps brachii and shoulder joint capsule
What is the last branch of the axillary artery?
Cranial circumflex humeral artery
Which artery travels deep with the radial nerve?
Deep brachial artery
Which of the following supplies the biceps brachii muscle?
a. Deep brachial artery
b. Collateral ulnar artery
c. Common interosseus artery
d. Bicipital artery
d. Bicipital artery
Which of the following supplies the triceps brachii muscle and caudal elbow area?
a. Deep brachial artery
b. Collateral ulnar artery
c. Common interosseus artery
d. Bicipital artery
b. Collateral ulnar artery
What muscle does the deep brachial artery supply?
Triceps brachii muscle
Which of the two branches of the common interosseus artery supplies blood to the palmar aspect of the metacarpus?
Caudal interosseus artery
True/False. The ulnar artery provides nutrient vesels to the radius and ulna.
False. The caudal interosseus artery
Which caudal muscles of the antebrachium does the ulnar artery supply?
DDF
Flexor Carpi Ulnaris
Which artery is the principal source of blood to the paw that passes through the carpal canal with the DDF to supply the palmar surface of the paw?
Median artery
Which vein drains into the external jugular vein?
Cephalic vein
Which veins are common sites for venipuncture in the dog?
Cephalic vein
Accessory cephalic vein
True/False. The cephalic vein can be used for catheter placement in a dog.
True
Which vein prevents blood return from the distal limb in order to build pressure in the veins distal to the cubit for venipuncture purposes?
Median cubital vein
Which vein is the continuation of the median vein at the junction where the median vein drains into both median cubital and brachial veins?
Brachial vein
True/False. The brachial plexus is formed by the interconnecting branches arising from the primary ventral branches of spinal nerves C2-T2.
False. C6-T2
_____ nerve is going to innervate the superficial pectoral muscle and ___ nerve is going to innervate the deep pectoral muscle.
Cranial pectoral nerve; Caudal pectoral nerve
What does the musculocutaneous nerve innervate in the dog?
Biceps brachii muscle
Brachialis muscle
Coracobrachialis muscle
Which nerve has an autonomous (cutaneous) innervation to the medial aspect of the antebrachium?
Musculocutaneous nerve
Which of the following nerves can result in instability of the glenohumeral joint if there is loss of innervation?
a. Subscapular nerve
b. Suprascapular nerve
c. Musculocutaneous nerve
d. Lateral thoracic nerve
b. Suprascapular nerve
The axillary nerve runs caudal to which artery?
Caudal circumflex humeral artery
Which nerves innervate the glenohumeral joint?
Axillary and Suprascarpular nerves