Grasps
Nerves
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LE
Human Leg
100
This grasp is used when holding a can of soda.
What is cylindrical?
100
The opponens digiti minimi is innervated by this peripheral nerve.
What is the ulnar nerve?
100
Damage to the median nerve can result in this disorder in which one is unable to oppose with the thumb.
What is ape hand?
100
When using a cane, place the cane on the side of the body that is _____________ to the weak leg.
What is the contralateral or opposite side?
100
The most efficient gait pattern when NWB on one LE and using crutches.
What is swing through?
200
This grasp is used when holding a ball
What is spherical?
200
Fibers of spinal nerves also innervate corresponding areas of the skin known as these
What is dermatomes?
200
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a compression of this peripheral nerve, causing loss of sensation and muscle weakness to the first three fingers of the hand.
What is median?
200
Two bones that primarily form the knee joint
What are the femur and the tibia?
200
What you can tell your patients that have a weak leg when they are going up and down the stairs to remind them which leg to ascend/descend with first.
What is up with the good, down with the bad?
300
This grasp is used when carrying a suitcase
What is hook?
300
The brachial plexus forms from what spinal nerves?
What is C5-T1, or C5, C6, C7, C8, T1
300
the peripheral nerve important for power grip.
What is the ulnar nerve?
300
A bony prominence used as a guideline when fitting a patient with an assistive device.
What is the ulnar styloid?
300
A motion that occurs at the ankle when pressing on the gas pedal.
What is plantar flexion?
400
The grasp used to pick up a needle.
What is pincer
400
This peripheral nerve is responsible for extension of the wrist
What is the radial nerve?
400
Sensory innervation on the volar surface of the thumb, index, middle and 1/2 of the ring finger is the responsibility of this nerve.
What is the median?
400
A motion that the hamstring performs at the hip.
What is extension?
400
Muscle that works eccentrically during gait to keep the knee from collapsing to the floor
What is the gastrocnemius?
500
Most common grasp
What is pinch?
500
This peripheral nerve is important of all movements that lift the arm up and away from the side of the body, or at head height and above.
What is the axillary nerve?
500
This nerve innervates the flexor pollicis brevis muscle.
What is the median nerve?
500
A motion that the hamstring performs at the knee
What is flexion?
500
The muscle that works eccentrically to control the "toes down" from heel strike to foot flat
What is the tibialis anterior?
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