Upper Limb — Flashcards

Claw hand deficits are _____ pronounced in proximal lesions

Hint: (more/less)

Before the median nerve enters the wrist / hand within the _____, it travels through the forearm between the flexor digitorum superficialis and the flexor digitorum profundus

The _____ abducts the arm from 0 to 15 and is innervated by the suprascapular nerve.

Muscles lost in Klumpke palsy include the _____:1. lumbricals2. interossei3. hypothenar4. thenar

Clawing of the hand is characterized by _____ at the MCP joint, flexion at the PIP joint, and flexion at the DIP joint.

Hint: (flexion/extension)

The _____ abducts the arm from 15 to 100 and is innervated by the axillary nerve*also helps in?

_____ (condition) is due to traction or tear of the lower trunk (C8-T1 roots).

Injury to the _____ nerve (C5-T1) can be caused by- midshaft fracture of the humerus- compression of the axilla- 'nursemaids elbow'- 'finger drop'

Flexor pollicis _____ flexes the metacarpophalangeal joint and is supplied by the (recurrent motor branch of) median nerve

A lesion to the #_____ cord would result in wrist drop, paralysis of the deltoid, and impairment of internal rotation of the humerus