a patient comes into the clinic un able to relax his hand after having surgery two days ago on his back. he states he feels like the majority of the stiffness is in his 4th and 5th fingers. What do you think happened?
Injury to his ulnar nerve due to improper compression between the OR table.
what 4 muscles make up the rotator cuff? what are their functions?
DOUBLE POINT BONUS: WHAT MUSCLE IS COMMONLY TORN
He fell (stretching his neck to far) and injured his superior trunk, C5 and C6, known as erb-douchanes palsy. Which is injury to the axillary, musculocutaneous, and suprascapular nerves.
When examine the upper arm with ultrasound you can see four nerves in order from upper left, upper right, lower left, lower right what are they?
DOUBLE POINT BONUS: WHAT WILL YOU NOT SEE IF PROPERLY BLOCKING OF ULNAR NERVE
Musculocutaneous, Median, Radial, and ulnar
adduction of the thumb
what is tic douloureux?
extreme facial pain causes by cranial nerves 5 and 9
When preforming a ulnar block versus a median block what part of hand sensation will these two blocks effect?
What muscle is supplied by a CN and spinal accessory nerve?
trapezius
A man comes into the ER complaining of sever pain near his hand and wrist area for the past several days. Each time he comes in the new ED resident writes him off as a drug seeker since his X-rays are all normal. What do you think happened?
DOUBLE POINT BONUS TO BE GIVEN IF THIS ANSWERED CORRECTLY
he fractured his scaphoid and is suffering from a vascular necrosis.
DOUBLE POINT BONUS: what are all the bones in the wrist on the anterior view (must be in correct place)
you are doing your regional rotation with a pain fellow, he asks you what block can be done to reduce pain during IV neural anesthesia?
intercostobrachial block
We get to educated the frats on injuries that could happen from drinking to much. What would you educate them about?
Saturday night palsy: causes by compression of the radial nerve when falling asleep on one arm
It can be reversed with steroid shots depending on the degree of damage
-long thoracic nerve
-serratus anterior
If a patient comes into the Physical therapy office with a decreased muscle mass of one upper arm and problems with abduction, what muscle and nerve could be injuryed
deltoid, axillary
A man is attempting to break the world record at tight roping, half way through the falls but catches him self. During that moment he felt nothing but several days later he is unable to flex his elbow and his hand is in a claw position. What did he injur?
inferior trunk C8, T1 or Klumpke paralysis
A successful block of the common fibular nerve should display what?
what is the difference between the shoulder joint and the hip joint
they are both ball and socket but the shoulder provided a lot more complex movements. The shoulder is also less stable than the hip joint due to the size of the head of the humerus and the glenoid cavity.
A woman is undergoing a masectomy due to breast cancer diagnosis. What nerves are most commonly injured?
Thoracodorsal, medial and lateral pectoral, long thoracic
what flexors are not supplied by the median nerve?
flexor carpi ulnaris
flexor digitorum profundus
Karen spends most of her day review bombing buisnesses where she felt like she was discriminated or treated poorly for "being a Karen". When she falls asleep her hands are always going numb and she has trouble typing every morning. What is Karens problem?
carpal tunnel syndrome, it traps the median nerve
Where are caudal blocks done?
sacral hiatus
the second most common postoperative cause of peripheral neuropathy is injury to what?
DOUBLE POINT BONUS: CAN YOU IDENTIFY AND LABEL IT?
brachial plexus
Which two nerves supply the upper arm and what is the difference between the two?
what muscle is responsible for major nerve pain in the leg?
piriformus
parents are playing with their kid and are picking him up by hands and are swinging him forward and back. Suddenly he starts crying from pain and says it feels like someone is poking his hands a lot. What happened?
partial or full subluxation of radial head, causing radial nerve pain
where can a radial nerve block be done?
Thumb side of hand near the wrist
where does the median nerve run between?
FDS AND FDP