Upper Limb Flashcards
list trunks of brachial plexus
upper middle lower
brachial plexus parts from spine out
Roots Trunks Divisions Cords Branches
list cords of brachial plexus
lateral posterior medial
list branches of brachial plexus
musculocutaneous axillary median radial ulnar
test the axillary branch sensation
deltoid insertion
test the musculocutaneous branch sensation
touch lateral forearm
test ulnar branch sensation
touch ulnar side of hand
test median branch sensation
touch radial side of palm
test radial branch sensation
touch posterior thumb
axillary nerve motor function
abduction: deltoid and teres minor
radial nerve motor function
posterior compartments of arm and forearm, extension and supination
musculocutaneous motor function
elbow flexion
median nerve motor function
wrist and finger flexion (with exception of flexor carpi ulnaris and ulnar side of flexor digitorum profundus), all thenar muscles except adductor pollicis
ulnar nerve motor function
flexor carpi ulnaris, ulnar side of flexor digitorum profundus, all interossei muscles of hand, hypothenars,
OA vs RA, symmetrical
RA
OA vs RA over 50 years
OA
OA vs RA rapid onset
RA
OA vs RA cool and hard on palpation
OA
OA vs RA systemic sx
RA
OA vs RA worse in AM
RA
scapular winging nerve lesion
long thoracic nerve
nerve lesion causing weakened abduction and sensory loss over deltoid
axillary
nerve lesion causing loss of wrist and digit extension and sensory loss on hand dorsum
radial
nerve lesion causing weakened wrist flexion, ulnar deviation, loss of index and middle finger flexion, loss of pronation, loss of thumb opposition
median nerve at elbow
ape hand nerve lesion
median at wrist
nerve lesion causing radial deviation, weakened extension of digits 4 and 5, claw hand, loss of abduction and adduction of fingers, sensory loss at 4th and 5th digit
ulnar at elbow
nerve lesion causing weakness of fdp and fpl and pq
anterior interosseous nerve (deep branch of median)
nerve serving anterior upper arm
musculocutaneous
nerve serving posterior upper arm
radial
nerves serving anterior forearm
median and ulnar
in addition to flexion, anterior compartment of forearm. . .
pronates
nerve of posterior compartment of forearm
radial