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Upper Peripheral Nerves

Total questions: 116

Worksheet time: 2hrs 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What dermatome is sensory for the back of the head?

a)

C2

b)

C3

c)

C4

d)

C5

2.

What dermatome is sensory for the neck?

a)

C3

b)

C4

c)

C5

d)

C6

3.

What dermatome is sensory for the upper shoulders?

a)

C4

b)

C5

c)

T1

d)

C3

4.

What belongs in the motor part of the cervical plexus?

a)

deep neck muscles

b)

superior anterior neck muscles

c)

levator scapulae (C3, C4)

d)

Trapezius and sternocleidomastoid- spinal accessory nerve

e)

Deep leg muscles

5.

These make up the phrenic nerve and they are a part of the diaphragm:

a)

C3

b)

C4

c)

C5

d)

C6

e)

C7

6.

The _____________ is formed from the anterior rami of spinal segments C5, C6, C7, C8, and T1

a)

Brachial plexus

b)

neck plexus

c)

Thoracic plexus

d)

Lumbar plexus

7.

What spinal levels make up the upper trunk of the brachial plexus?

a)

C5

b)

C6

c)

C7

d)

C8

8.

What spinal level makes up the middle trunk of the brachial plexus?

a)

C7

b)

C6

c)

C8

d)

C5

9.

What spinal level makes up the lower trunk of the brachial plexus?

a)

C8

b)

T1

c)

C7

d)

C6

10.

The trunks of the brachial plexus divide into the ____________________________________

a)

Frontal and lateral division

b)

Medial and lateral division

c)

Anterior and posterior division

d)

none of these

11.

The _______________ contributes to nerves that make up flexors

a)

Anterior division

b)

Posterior division

c)

Lateral division

d)

Medial division

12.

The ________________ contributes to nerves that make up extensors

a)

Posterior division

b)

Anterior division

c)

Lateral division

d)

Medial division

13.

Anterior Division of the Middle trunk and Upper trunk make up the _________________

a)

Lateral cord

b)

Posterior cord

c)

Medial cord

d)

Anterior cord

14.

The Posterior Division from all three trunks form the _________________

a)

Posterior cord

b)

Lateral cord

c)

Medial cord

d)

Anterior cord

15.

The Anterior Division of the Lower trunk forms the _______________

a)

Medial cord

b)

Anterior cord

c)

Lateral cord

d)

Posterior cord

16.

What is the spinal level for the dorsal scapular nerve?

a)

C5

b)

C6

c)

C7

d)

C8

17.

What muscle is innervated by the dorsal scapular nerve?

a)

rhomboids

b)

levator scapulae

c)

infraspinatus

d)

supraspinatus

18.

What are the spinal levels for the long thoracic nerve?

a)

C5

b)

C6

c)

C7

d)

C8

e)

T1

19.

What muscle is innervated by the long thoracic nerve?

a)

Serratus anterior

b)

Levator scapulae

c)

Pronator quadratus

d)

Supraspinatus

20.

What are the spinal levels of the suprascapular nerve?

a)

C5

b)

C6

c)

C7

d)

C8

21.

What muscles are innervated by the suprascapular nerve?

a)

Supraspinatus

b)

Infraspinatus

c)

Serratus anterior

d)

Levator scapulae

22.

What are the two divisions of the anterior thoracic nerve?

a)

Lateral pectoral

b)

Medial pectoral

c)

Anterior pectoral

d)

Posterior pectoral

23.

What are the spinal levels of the lateral pectoral nerve?

a)

C5

b)

C6

c)

C7

d)

C8

e)

T1

24.

What muscle is innervated by the lateral pectoral nerve?

a)

Pectoralis major

b)

Pectoralis minor

c)

Infraspinatus

d)

Rhomboids

25.

What are the spinal levels of the medial pectoral nerve?

a)

C8

b)

T1

c)

C7

d)

C6

26.

What muscle is innervated by the medial pectoral nerve?

a)

Pectoralis minor

b)

Pectoralis major

c)

Latissimus dorsi

d)

Teres major

27.

What are the spinal levels of the thoracodorsal nerve?

a)

C6

b)

C7

c)

C8

d)

T1

e)

C5

28.

What muscle is innervated by the thoracodorsal nerve?

a)

Latissimus dorsi

b)

Teres major

c)

Teres minor

d)

Biceps brachii

29.

What are the two divisions of the subscapular nerve

a)

Upper subscapular

b)

Lower subscapular

c)

Frontal subscapular

d)

None of these

30.

What are the spinal levels of the upper subscapular nerve?

a)

C5

b)

C6

c)

C8

d)

T1

31.

What muscle is innervated by the upper subscapular nerve?

a)

Subscapularis

b)

Teres major

c)

Teres minor

d)

Supraspinatus

32.

What are the spinal levels of the lower subscapular nerve

a)

C5

b)

C6

c)

C7

d)

C8

33.

What muscle is innervated by the lower subscapular nerve?

a)

Teres major

b)

Teres minor

c)

Deltoids

d)

biceps brachii

34.

What are the spinal levels of the axillary nerve?

a)

C5

b)

C6

c)

T1

d)

C8

35.

What muscles are innervated by the axillary nerve?

a)

Deltoids

b)

Teres minor

c)

Teres major

d)

Pectoralis major

36.

What are the spinal levels of the lower subscapular nerve?

a)

C5

b)

C6

c)

C7

d)

C8

37.

What muscle is innervated by the musculocutaneous nerve?

a)

Coracobrachialis

b)

Biceps brachii

c)

Brachialis

d)

Brachioradialis

e)

Triceps

38.

What are the spinal levels of the radial nerve?

a)

C6

b)

C7

c)

C8

d)

T1

e)

C4

39.

What muscles are innervated by the radial nerve?

a)

Triceps

b)

Brachioradialis

c)

Supinator

d)

Wrist extensor

e)

Wrist flexor

40.

What muscles are innervated by the radial nerve? (part 2)

a)

Anconeus

b)

Pronator

c)

Finger and thumb extensors

d)

Biceps brachii

41.

What are the spinal levels of the median nerve?

a)

C6

b)

C7

c)

C8

d)

T1

e)

C5

42.

What muscles are innervated by the median nerve?

a)

Pronators

b)

Digitorium profundus (lateral half)

c)

Wrist and finger flexors on radial side

d)

Supinators

e)

Biceps brachii

43.

What muscles are innervated by the median nerve? (Part 2)

a)

1st and 2nd lumbricales

b)

most thumb muscles (flexion)

c)

Brachioradialis

d)

Interossei

44.

What are the spinal levels of the ulnar nerve?

a)

C8

b)

T1

c)

C7

d)

C6

e)

C5

45.

What muscles are innervated by the ulnar nerve?

a)

Flexor carpi ulnaris

b)

Flexor digitorium profundus

c)

Interossei

d)

3rd and 4th lumbricals

e)

Pronators

46.

Injuries with fractures of the humerus, dislocations of the humerus, and improper use of crutches all represent common injuries of what nerve?

a)

Axillary nerve

b)

Radial nerve

c)

Musculocutaneous nerve

d)

Median nerve

47.

Atrophy with severe weakness in abduction, flexion, and extension of the glenohumeral joint all represent an effect to what muscle that is a part of the axillary nerve?

a)

Deltoid

b)

Subscapularis

c)

Interossei

d)

Infraspinatus

48.

No change in function secondary to the infraspinatus muscle taking over all external rotation of the glenohumeral joint all represent an effect to what muscle that is a part of the axillary nerve?

a)

Teres major

b)

Teres minor

c)

Latissimus dorsi

d)

Serratus anterior

49.

Dislocation of the humerus, open wounds (stab wounds), and entrapment by the coracobrachialis muscle all represent common injuries to what nerve?

a)

Musculocutaneous nerve

b)

Axillary nerve

c)

Radial nerve

d)

Median nerve

50.

What are the most common effects of injury to the musculocutaneous nerve?

a)

Paralysis of biceps brachii and brachialis muscles results in weak elbow flexion

b)

Weakness in supination secondary to loss of biceps brachii

c)

Weakness in pronation

d)

Weakness in elbow extension

51.

Saturday Night Palsies, humeral fractures, and inappropriate use of crutches all represent common injuries to what nerve?

a)

Radial nerve

b)

Musculocutaneous nerve

c)

Median nerve

d)

Axillary nerve

52.

_______________ is very vulnerable to trauma because it runs superficially and lies against the rigid groove of the humerus.

a)

Radial nerve

b)

Subscapular nerve

c)

Axillary nerve

d)

Thoracodorsal nerve

53.

The ________________ is vulnerable to gunshot and stab wounds.

a)

Radial nerve

b)

Axillary nerve

c)

Thoracodorsal nerve

d)

Musculocutaneous nerve

54.

With radial nerve injuries this muscle is rarely affected:

a)

Triceps

b)

Anconeous

c)

Supinator

d)

Wrist extensors

55.

With radial nerve injuries it brings the inability to:

a)

Extend MCP joints

b)

Wrist and thumb

c)

Supination

d)

Pronation

56.

With radial nerve injuries it brings weakness to:

a)

Elbow flexion

b)

Elbow extension

c)

palmar abduction of the thumb

d)

Wrist extension

57.

Entrapment of the ________________ can occur at many points of the nerve. Often accompanies by entrapment of the ulnar nerve

a)

Median nerve

b)

Musculocutaneous nerve

c)

Radial nerve

d)

Axillary nerve

58.

Thoracic outlet syndrome, pronator teres syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome are all injuries to this nerve:

a)

Median nerve

b)

Thoracodorsal nerve

c)

Axillary nerve

d)

Subscapular nerve

59.

Humeral fractures, lacerations of the wrist, carpal bone injuries all represent an injury to the:

a)

Median nerve

b)

Axillary nerve

c)

Musculocutaneous nerve

d)

Radial nerve

60.

What is pronator teres syndrome?

a)

Compression through the deep and superficial heads of the pronator teres muscle

b)

Entrapment beneath the ligamentous band

c)

Loss of opposition of the thumb, loss of ability to make a fist, atrophy of thenar eminence

d)

none of these

61.

What is carpal tunnel syndrome?

a)

Entrapment beneath the ligamentous band

b)

Compression through the deep and superficial heads of the pronator teres muscle

c)

Loss of opposition of the thumb, loss of ability to make a fist, atrophy of thenar eminence

62.

What are the motor effects if the median nerve was damaged?

a)

Loss of opposition of the thumb

b)

Loss of ability to make a fist

c)

Atrophy of thenar eminence

d)

Atrophy of hand

63.

What is ape hand?

a)

Result of atrophy and paralysis with the median nerve (the hand flattens)

b)

Hypertrophy of the hand

c)

Entrapment beneath ligamentous band

d)

None of these

64.

This nerve can be entrapped and damaged at many points and it is often is entrapped with the median nerve:

a)

Ulnar nerve

b)

Radial nerve

c)

Axillary nerve

d)

Musculocutaneous nerve

65.

These all involve damage or an injury to the ulnar nerve:

a)

Thoracic outlet syndrome

b)

inappropriate use of crutches

c)

Funny bone injury

d)

Carpal tunnel syndrome

66.

What are some common effects of an ulnar nerve injury?

a)

Clawhand

b)

Deviation at the wrist to the radial side

c)

Ape hand

d)

None of these

67.

What is claw hand?

a)

When the first phalanx is hyperextended in fingers 4 and 5 and the distal 2 phalanges are flexed with the fifth finger remaining abducted

b)

Result of atrophy and paralysis with the median nerve (the hand flattens)

c)

Entrapment syndrome of median nerve

d)

None of these

68.

The levator scapulae performs this movement:

a)

Shoulder shrugs

b)

Flexion

c)

Extension

d)

Abduction

69.

What are the spinal levels of the cervical plexus?

a)

C1-C5

b)

C3-C5 only

c)

C5-T1

d)

none of these

70.

The nerve of the diaphragm:

a)

Phrenic

b)

Radial

c)

Musculocutaneous

d)

Ulnar

71.

What level is the levator scapulae innervated?

a)

C4

b)

C2

c)

C5

d)

C6

72.

What spinal root levels are the levator scapulae?

a)

C3

b)

C4

c)

C8

d)

C2

e)

C5

73.

What is the innervation of the sternocliedomastoid?

a)

Spinal accessory CN XI

b)

Facial CN VII

c)

Hypoglossal CN XII

d)

Glossopharyngeal CN IX

74.

Which cord of the brachial plexus does the axillary nerve come off?

a)

Posterior cord

b)

Lateral cord

c)

Medial cord

75.

What are the spinal roots for the rotator cuff muscles?

a)

C5

b)

C6

c)

C7

d)

C8

e)

T1

76.

What are the rotator cuff muscles?

a)

Supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, subscapularis

b)

Infraspinatus, teres major, deltoid, scalenes

c)

Teres minor, subscapularis, teres major, infraspinatus

d)

Subscapularis, teres major, supraspinatus, deltoid

77.

What is the movement of the latissimus dorsi?

a)

adducts, extends and medially rotates arm

b)

flexes and extends the arm

c)

pronation and supination of the arm

d)

adducts, abducts and extends

78.

What cord or cords does the median nerve come off of?

a)

Medial

b)

Medial and Lateral

c)

lateral

d)

Posterior

79.

What cord does the musculocutaneous nerve come off?

a)

Lateral

b)

Posterior

c)

Medial

d)

Anterior

80.

The dorsal scapular nerve has been cut at the upper trunk level. Which movements and muscles are affected?

a)

Shoulder rotation, rhomboids

b)

Flexion, extension and abduction, deltoids

c)

External rotation, infraspinatus

d)

none of these

81.

The upper trunk and middle trunk of the brachial plexus has been cut. Which spinal nerves are affected and which spinal nerves are affected?

a)

C5, C6, C7- Serratus anterior

b)

C5, C6- Deltoid

c)

C5, C6- Teres minor

d)

C4- levator scapulae

82.

The upper trunk and middle trunk of the brachial plexus has been cut. Which nerve is affected?

a)

Long thoracic

b)

Axillary

c)

Radial

d)

Ulnar

83.

The upper trunk off the brachial plexus has been cut. Will this affect the axillary nerve?

a)

Yes

b)

No

84.

The upper trunk off the brachial plexus has been cut. Which movements are severed?

a)

flexion, extension, abduction

b)

trunk flexion

c)

finger flexion

d)

Finger extension, abduction, adduction

85.

Which cord does the axillary nerve come off of?

a)

Posterior

b)

Medial

c)

Lateral

d)

Anterior

86.

The suprascapular nerve is damaged. Which major movement will you lose?

a)

External rotation

b)

Flexion

c)

Extension

d)

Abduction

87.

The suprascapular nerve is damaged. Which major movement will you lose?

a)

Infraspinatus

b)

Teres minor

c)

Supraspinatus

d)

Deltoid

88.

You have lost most of your elbow flexion. The bicep is flaccid. Which cord of the brachial plexus has been injured?

a)

Lateral

b)

Medial

c)

Anterior

d)

Posterior

89.

You have lost most of your elbow flexion. The bicep is flaccid. Which nerve is affected?

a)

Musculocutaneous

b)

Radial

c)

Ulnar

d)

Axillary

90.

The lateral cord of the brachial plexus has been cut. Will the median nerve be affected?

a)

Yes

b)

No

91.

The lateral cord of the brachial plexus has been cut. Will the radial nerve be affected?

a)

Yes

b)

No

92.

The lateral cord of the brachial plexus has been cut. Will the Ulnar nerve be affected?

a)

Yes

b)

No

93.

The lateral cord of the brachial plexus has been cut. Will the axillary nerve be affected?

a)

Yes

b)

No

94.

The lateral cord of the brachial plexus has been cut. Will the musculocutaneous nerve be affected?

a)

Yes

b)

No

95.

The lateral cord of the brachial plexus has been cut. Will the long thoracic nerve be affected? Yes

a)

Yes

b)

No

96.

The lateral cord of the brachial plexus has been cut. Will the lateral pectoral nerve be affected?

a)

Yes

b)

No

97.

The posterior cord of the brachial plexus has been cut. Will the median nerve be affected?

a)

Yes

b)

No

98.

The posterior cord of the brachial plexus has been cut. Will the radial nerve be affected?

a)

Yes

b)

No

99.

The posterior cord of the brachial plexus has been cut. Will the ulnar nerve be affected?

a)

Yes

b)

No

100.

The posterior cord of the brachial plexus has been cut. Will the axillary nerve be affected?

a)

Yes

b)

No

101.

The posterior cord of the brachial plexus has been cut. Will the medial pectoral nerve be affected?

a)

No

b)

Yes

102.

The posterior cord of the brachial plexus has been cut. Will the long thoracic nerve be affected?

a)

No

b)

Yes

103.

The posterior cord of the brachial plexus has been cut. Will the thoracodorsal nerve be affected?

a)

Yes

b)

No

104.

The posterior cord of the brachial plexus has been cut. Will the subscapular nerve be affected?

a)

Yes

b)

No

105.

Which major movement will you lose with the subscapular nerve being lost?

a)

Internal rotation

b)

Flexion

c)

Extension

d)

Abduction

106.

The medial cord of the brachial plexus has been cut. Will the median nerve be affected?

a)

Yes

b)

No

107.

The medial cord of the brachial plexus has been cut. Will the radial nerve be affected?

a)

Yes

b)

No

108.

The medial cord of the brachial plexus has been cut. Will the ulnar nerve be affected?

a)

Yes

b)

No

109.

The medial cord of the brachial plexus has been cut. Will the musculocutaneous nerve be affected?

a)

Yes

b)

No

110.

The medial cord of the brachial plexus has been cut. Will the thoracodorsal nerve be affected?

a)

Yes

b)

No

111.

The medial cord of the brachial plexus has been cut. Will the subscapular nerve be affected?

a)

Yes

b)

No

112.

The median nerve has been cut in a humeral fracture. What movements will you lose?

a)

Finger flex 1 and 2

b)

Opposition of the thumb

c)

Pronation of wrist

d)

Wrist flexion at the lateral half

e)

Wrist extension

113.

Which muscles are lost with axillary nerve being cut?

a)

Deltoids

b)

Teres minor

c)

Teres major

d)

Rhomboids

e)

Levator scapulae

114.

Which movements are lost with axillary nerve being cut?

a)

Shoulder flexion

b)

Shoulder extension

c)

Shoulder abduction

d)

Elbow flexion

e)

Elbow extension

115.

The radial nerve has been cut in a humeral fracture accident. Which movements have

you lost?

a)

Wrist, Finger, and thumb extension

b)

Extension of brachioradialis

c)

Supination of the wrist

d)

Wrist flexion

e)

Flexion of biceps brachii

116.

You have cut the thoracodorsal nerve. Which movements are lost?

a)

Humeral extension

b)

Humeral adduction

c)

Internal rotation

d)

External rotation

e)

Humeral abduction

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