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Kinesiology 6 Flashcards

The Nervous system

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nervous system

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a highly complex mechanism in the body that controls, stimulates, and coordinates all other body systems

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central nervous system

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includes the brain and spinal cord

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peripheral nervous system

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includes everything outside the spinal cord and the automated nervous system (ANS)

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subdivisions of Automated nervous system

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sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems

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sympathetic nervous system

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deals with stress and stimulation

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parasympathetic nervous system

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deals with conserving energy

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dendrite

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nerve fiber branch which receives impulses from other parts of the nervous system and brings those impulses toward the cell body

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axon

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transmits impulse away from nerve cell body, located on opposite site of dendrites

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myelin

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fatty sheath that often surrounds axons

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node of Ranveir

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myelin break approximately every .5 mm

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function of myelin

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to increase the speed of impulse conduction

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grey matter

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areas that contain mostly unmyelinated fibers

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white matter

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areas that contain mostly myelinated fiber

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nerve fiber

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the conductor of impulses from the neuron

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synapse

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small gap between neurons

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tract

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a group of myelinated fibers within the CNS that carries a specific type of information from one area to another

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Within the CNS a group of fibers may be referred to as

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fasiculus, peduncle, brachium, column, or lemniscus

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Within the PNS a group of fibers may be called

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spinal nerve, root nerve, plexus, or peripheral nerve

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motor neuron

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efferent, has a large body with multibranched dendrites and a long axon

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sensory neuron

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afferent, has a dendrite, which arises from sensory receptors located in skin, muscles, and joints and runs all the way to its cell body in the posterior root ganglion, located in the interverbal foramen

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interneuron

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found within the CNS, function is to itegrate signals from one or more sensory neurons and relay impulses to motor neurons

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Brain

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made up of cerebrum, brainstem, and cerebellum

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cerebrum

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largest and main portion of the brain. responsible for the highest mental functions, occupies the anterior and superior area of the cranium above the brainstem and cerebellum, is made up of right and left hemispheres which are joined across the midline via the corpus callosum

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cortex

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outer covering that is many cell layers deep

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lobes

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each hemisphere of the brain is divided into 4 lobes. Each lobe has specific functions. Specific location of some functions remains undetermined, lobes are frontal occipital, parietal, and temporal

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frontal lobe

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occupies anterior portion of the skull, controls personality, motor movement, and expressive speech

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occipital lobe

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takes up posterior portion of the skull, responsible for vision and recognition of size, shape, and color

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parietal lobe

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lies between frontal and occipital, nerves control gross sensation such as touch and pressure, also controls fine sensation such as determination of texture, weight, size, and shape, brain activity related to reading also located here

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temporal lobe

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lies under the frontal and parietal lobes just above ear, behavior, hearing, language reception and understanding are centered here

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thalamus

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located deep within the cerebral hemispheres, serves as a relay station of body sensations, here pain is perceived

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hypothalamus

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deep inside brain, important for horomone function and behaviour

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basil ganglia

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also located deep inside brain, is important in coordination of motor movement

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Brainstem

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lies below cerebrum, can be divided into three parts the midbrain which is the center for visual reflexes, the pons which is latin for bridge , and the medulla oblongata which is the most caudal, or inferior portion of the brain is also center of control for heart rate and respiration

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foramen magnum

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transition from medulla to spinal cord

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cerebellum

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latin for ‘little brain’, is located in the posterior position of the cranium behind the pons and medulla, is covered superiorly by the cerebrum, main function are control of muscle coordination, tone, and posture

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brain protection

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three levels; bony, membranous, and fluid

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Skull

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bony portion of brain protection, is made of several bones with joints fused together

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`meninges

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three layer of membrane within skull, cover the brain and provide support and protection, also cover spinal cord

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dura mater

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the thickest, most fibrous, tough outer layer of meninges

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arachnoid

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thinner , mid level of meninges

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pia mater

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inner layer meninges, carries blood vessels to brain and spinal cord

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subarachnoid space

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area between pia mater and arachnoid layers of meninges, circulates cerebrospinal fluid. This surrounds the brain and fills four ventricles within the brain

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spinal cord

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a continuation of the medulla, runs within the vertral canal from the foramen magnum to the cone shaped conus medullaris at approximately the 2nd lumbar vertebrae in an adult

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cauda equina

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runs from L2 to S5

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filum terminale

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small threadlike, nonneural filament that runs from the conus medullaric and attaches to the coccyx

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vertebral foramen

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the passageway for the spinal cord

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vertebral body

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anterior weight bearing portion of the vertebrae

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posterior neural arch

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rear portion of verterbrae

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intervertebral foramen

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located on the sides of the vertebral column, opening formed by the superior vertebral notch of the vertebrae below and the inferior vertebral notch of the vertebrae above, where the spinal nerves exit the vertebral canal

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Grey matter of spinal cord

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h shaped butterfly in the center of the spinal cord

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posterior horn

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top portion of neural H, receives and transmits sensory impulses

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anterior horn

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portion of H that deals with motor neurons

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white matter of spinal cord

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contains ascending (sensory) and descending (motor fiber pathways

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posterior columns

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dorsal columns, located posterior medial of spinal cord, deal with proprioception, pressure, and vibration

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lateral corticospinal tract

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pathway of particular signifigance to muscle control

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upper motor neuron

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cell bodies located in the cerebral cortex, brain stem, and cerebellum (spinal cord injuries, multiple scerosis, parkinsonism, cerebrovascular accident, various types of head injuries)

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lower motor neurons

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cell bodies located in the anterior horn ( muscular dystrophy, poliomyelitis, myasthenia gravis, peripheral nerve injuries)

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Peripheral nervous system (PNS)

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made up of all nervous tissue outside the vertebral calal and brainstem. Begins at anterior horn

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cranial nerves

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12 npair

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spinal nerves

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31 pair, 8 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbral,5 sacral, and 1 coccygeal. The first 7 nerves exit above vertebrae, because there are 8 cervical nerves and only 7 cervical vertebrae cervical nerve 8 exits below vertebrae c7. Following all nerves exit below vertebrae

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Dermatomes

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area of skin supplied with sensory fibers

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cervical plexus (C2-C5)

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C1-C4,innervate scapula area

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brachial plexus

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C5- T1, join together forming 3 trunks (SUPERIOR, MIDDLE, INFERIOR)

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Each of 3 brachial plexus trunks

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split into an anterior and posterior division

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Brachial divisions spit into cords

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Lateral Posterior, and Medial

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5 pripheral nerves from from three Brachial cords

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Musculocutaeneous (from lateral cord), Axillary nerve (from posterior cord), Radial Nerve (from posterior nerve), Median Nerve (from lateral and medial cords), and ulnar nerve (from medial cord)

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Lumbrosacral PLexus

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obturator nerve, femoral nerve, super gluteal nerve, inferior gluteal nerve, sciatic nerve, common fibular nerve, tibial nerve

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Spina bifida

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a congenital deficit in which the posterior segments of some of the vertebrae fail to close during embryo development three type from no signs to severe. Spina Bifida Occulta, Meningocele, myelomeningocele

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hydrocephalus

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‘water on the brain’, involves cerebrospinal fluid production, pressure on brain

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cerebral palsy

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nonprogressive disorders of the brain that result from damage utero, at birth, or soon after birth

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Spinal Cord Injury

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SCI,

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quadroplegia

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refers to all four extremities, T1 and above

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paraplegia

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lower extremity involvement, T2 and below

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Central Cord Syndrome

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Greater loss of upper limb function compared with lower

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Brown-Sequard sysndrome

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injury to one side of the spinal cord, weakness and loss of proprioception on one side, loss of thermal and paid sensation opposite

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Anterior cord syndrome

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injury affects the anterior spinal tracts, muscle function, pain sensation, thermal sensation are lost

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Automatic dysreflexia, hyperflexia

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spinal cord injuries at, or above T10

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Myasthenia gravis

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defect of neuromuscular function, weakened and fatigued of skeletal muscles

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Muscular dystrophy

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hereditary and progressive disease of muscle tissue, weakness of proximal muscles, followed by progressive involvement in distal muscles

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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degenerative motor disease involving upper and lower motor neurons, Lou Gehrig’s disease

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Alzheimer’s disease

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an irreversable, progressive brain disorder causing dementia and loss of cognitive functioning

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Multiple Sclerosis

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breaking down of myelin sheath aroundaxoms

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Bell’s Palsy

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involves facial nerve, typically effects one side of the face

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scapular winging

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occurs when an injury to the long thoracic nerve weakens or paralyzes the serratus anterior muscle causing the medial border of the scapula to rise away from the rib cage

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Brachial PLexus conditions

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Thoracic outlet syndrome, burner (or stringer) syndrome

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conditions that effect the radial nerve

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Saturday Night Palsy

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wrist drop

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loss of wrist extension

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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result of compression of the medial nerve as it passes within the carpal tunnel

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Cubital tunnel

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familiar to Carpal tunnel, just cubital and ulnar nerve

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ape hand

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loss of thumb opposition (median nerve injury)

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pope’s blessing, hand of benediction

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median nerve injury also, inability to flex thumb index and middle fingers

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claw hand

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loss of the intrinsic muscle due to ulnar nerve damage

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sciatica

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caused by irritation of the sciatic nerve roots, with pain radiating down the back of the legs, often caused by compression from a herniated lumbar disc

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foot drop

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damage to common fibular (peroneal) nerve

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morton’s neuroma

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an enlarged nerve and usually occurs between third and fourth toes (branches of the tibial nerve)

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