Unit 4 Nerve Stuff

Question 1

What nerves supply the hip joint?

Answer 1

• Femoral
• Obturator
• Sciatic

Question 2

What nerves supply the knee joint?

Answer 2

• Femoral
• Obturator
• Common Fibular
• Tibial

Question 3

What nerve supplies the superior tibiofibular joint?

Answer 3

Common Fibular Nerve

Question 4

What nerve supplies the inferior tibiofibular joint?

Answer 4

Deep Fibular Nerve

Question 5

What nerves supplies the ankle joint?

Answer 5

• Deep Fibular Nerve
• Tibial Nerve

Question 6

What nerve is damaged in an anterior hip dislocation?

Answer 6

Obturator Nerve

Question 7

What nerve is damaged in an posterior hip dislocation?

Answer 7

Sciatic Nerve

Question 8

Fracturing the fibula can cause damage to what nerve?

Answer 8

Common Fibular Nerve

Question 9

What spinal nerves make up the common fibular nerve?

Answer 9

L4, L5, S1, S2

Question 10

What spinal nerves make up the deep fibular nerve?

Answer 10

L4, L5, S1

Question 11

What nerve is compromised in the clinical condition called foot drop?

Answer 11

Common fibular nerve

Question 12

The muscular branch of the deep fibular nerve supplies what?

Answer 12

The anterior leg and dorsum of the foot

Question 13

The articular branch of the deep fibular nerve supplies what?

Answer 13

• The Inferior Tibiofibular Joint
• The Ankle Joint

Question 14

The cutaneous branch of the deep fibular nerve supplies what?

Answer 14

The webspace between the 1st and 2nd digits of the foot

Question 15

What nerve innervates the fibularis longus and brevis?

Answer 15

Superficial Fibular Nerve

Question 16

What spinal nerves contribute to the superficial fibular nerve?

Answer 16

L4, L5, S1

Question 17

The calcaneal tendon reflex tests for segmental innervation of what nerves?

Answer 17

S1 & S2

Question 18

What is the segmental innervation of the tibial nerve?

Answer 18

L4, L5, S1, S2, S3

Question 19

What nerve innervates the extensor digitorum brevis and the extensor hallucis brevis?

Answer 19

Deep fibular nerve

Question 20

Innervation of the Abductor Digiti Minimi

Answer 20

Lateral Plantar

Question 21

Innervation of the Abductor Hallucis

Answer 21

Medial Plantar

Question 22

Innervation of the Flexor Digitorum Brevis

Answer 22

Medial Plantar

Question 23

Innervation of the lumbricals (1-4)

Answer 23

• 1 = Medial Plantar
• 2 - 4 = Lateral Plantar

Question 24

Innervation of the Quadratus Plantae

Answer 24

Lateral Plantar

Question 25

Innervation of the Adductor Hallucis

Answer 25

Lateral Plantar

Question 26

Innervation of the Flexor Digiti Minimi Brevis

Answer 26

Lateral Plantar

Question 27

Innervation of the Flexor Hallucis Brevis

Answer 27

Medial Plantar

Question 28

What nerves does the Plantar Nerve Reflex test for?

Answer 28

L4, L5, S1, S2

Question 29

What nerves does the babinski response test for?

Answer 29

L4, L5, S1, S2

Question 30

Which nerves does Morton’s Neuroma affect?

Answer 30

The nerves in the spaces between the 3rd & 4th digits