2 Types of Classification of Nerves Injuries
Seddon and Sunderland
Nerve roots of brachial plexus
C5-T1
What comprises the muscles of the thenar eminence? What nerve innervates these muscles?
II. FPB
III. Opponens Pollicis
Nerve: Median Nerve
The brachial plexus is composed of how many branches?
16 branches
What nerve innervates the supinator ms.?
Radial nerve
Length of axonal regeneration:
1-2mm/ day
What nerve innervates the rhomboids and trapezius and SCM?
Spinal Accessory Nerve
The interossei of the hand is innervated by what nerve?
Supraspinatus & Infraspinatus ms.
Nerve Supply:_____________
Action/s:_________________
Suprascapular n.
Shoulder abduction and ER
Muscles affected in (+) wrist drop
ECRL, ECRB
Leprosy aka ____________?
Nerve affected: ____________
Hansen's Disease
Ulnar nerve
Muscle/s innervated by the:
1. Thoracodorsal nerve
2. Long thoracic nerve
3. Lower subscapular nerve
1. Latissimus dorsi
2. Serratus anterior
3. Subscapularis and Teres major
1. Dorsal Scapular N. (C5)
2. Long Thoracic N. (C5. C6, C7)
Nerve that supplies the cutaneous sensation of the upper lateral arm.
Axillary nerve
Muscle which is responsible for protraction and upper rotation of the scapula
Serratus anterior
Sunderland Classification: _______________
Axonal damage with Wallerian degeneration; Supporting structures are intact
Corresponding Seddon Classification:____________
2nd degree, Axonotmesis
What nerve/s arise from the posterior cord of the brachial plexus?
1. Upper subscapular n.
2. Middle subscapular n./ Thoracodorsal n.
3. Lower subscapular n.
This nerve is comprised of all posterior divisions of the brachial plexus.
Median nerve
Cutaneous innervations of the radial nerve in the arm.
Lower lateral arm and posterior arm
The cutaneous innervation of the ulnar nerve
Medial half of the ring finger and little finger (ventral and dorsal aspect)
Seddon's classification caused by nerve compression
Neuropraxia
Muscles innervated by the musculocutaneous n.?
1. Biceps brachii
2. Brachialis
3. Coracobrachialis
State the muscles of the extensor compartment. What nerve innervates these muscles?
I. APL, EPB
II. ECRL, ECRB
III. EPL
IV. EDC, EIP
V. EDM
VI. ECU
Nerve: Radial nerve
Nerves that arise from the medial cord of the brachial plexus.
Medial pectoral n.
Med. cut. nerve of the arm
Med. cut. nerve of the FA
Muscles which comprise the hypothenar eminence and their innervation.
Abductor digiti minimi
Flexor digiti minimi
Opponens digiti minimi
Nerve: Ulnar nerve