Arm and Cubital Fossa — Flashcards

The _____ nerve travels with the posterior circumflex humeral artery around the surgical neck of the humerus

Branches of the medial cord of the brachial plexus: M4UM_____ (C8,T1)Medial cutaneous nerve of forearm (C8,T1)Medial cutaneous nerve of arm (C8,T1)Ulnar nerve (C8,T1)Medial root of median nerve (C8,T1)

Injury to the _____ nerve (C8-T1 (nerve roots)) commonly occurs due to:- fracture of the medial epicondyle of humerus "funny bone" (proximal lesion) - fractured hook of hamate (distal lesion) (from fall on outstretched hand - "FOOSH")

The median nerve gains access to the forearm in the medial aspect of the _____ fossa and then immediately courses between the humeral / ulnar heads of the pronator teres muscle

The _____ nerve travels with the brachial artery around the distal humerus/cubital fossa

Lower lateral cutaneous nerve of the arm is a branch of the _____ nerve

The musculocutaneous nerve supplies _____.

Muscles of the thenar eminence:1. _____2. Abductor pollicis brevis3. Flexor pollicis brevis

Upper lateral cutaneous nerve of the arm is a branch of the _____ nerve

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