Week 6

Question 1

Where does the spinal cord

Answer 1

in vertebral canal

Question 2

Where do nerves exit

Answer 2

intervertebral foreman

Question 3

What is a nerve plexus

Answer 3

Spinal nerves from multiple spinal levels

Question 4

State the four key plexus’s and where they suppply

Answer 4

cervical plexus- supplies head, neck, superior shoulders, chest and diaphragm.

brachial plexus- supplies shoulders and upper limbs

lumbar plexus- Supplies anterolateral abdominal wall, genitals and parts of lower limb.

sacral plexus- bottom, perineum, lower legs.

Question 5

Why are there no nerve plexus’s associated with thoracic region

Answer 5

Intercostal muscles - already there do not need to branch

Question 6

Define a dermatome

Answer 6

area of skin that provides sensory input to CNS by one spinal nerve

Question 7

Define a myotome

Answer 7

Block of muscle innervated by a single spinal segment

Question 8

Get quized on myotome table

Question 9

Get quized on myotome and movements

Question 10

Get quized on cranial nerves

Question 11

What is a good pnemonic for cranial nerves

Answer 11

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