Clinical Anatomy — Flashcards

Compression of the axilla (resulting in radial nerve injury) can occur due to improper use of _____ or sleeping with an arm over a chair (aka Saturday night palsy).

Proximal tibial nerve lesions present with:- foot _____flexion- foot everted at rest- loss of foot inversion- weakness of the extrinsic muscles of the foot

Syringomyelia most commonly occurs at spinal cord levels _____ - T1

_____ syndrome leads to atrophy of the thenar eminence, but spares palmar sensation because the palmar cutaneous branch of the median nerve enters the hand external to the carpal tunnel (superficial to the flexor retinaculum).

Disc herniation at _____ level will involve the gluteus maximus and muscles of the posterior and lateral compartment of the leg

Which regions of the colon are most vulnerable to hypoxia/ischemia? _____ and rectosigmoid junction

The _____ nerve may be transected during ligation of the superior thyroid artery during thyroid surgery

The _____ reflex tests nerve roots C5 and C6 (musculocutaneous nerve)

The _____temporal quadrant is the most exposed to trauma

Hint: i/s

Establishment of the age of _____ years can be done by evaluation of the medial end of the clavicle