bracheal plexus

Question 1

what is the mnemonic for bracheal plexus related muscle test?

Answer 1

WSPK (waiter’s, saturday night, pointer, klumpke)

Question 2

what is the waiter’s palsy?

Answer 2

also called the eb’s palsy, when the arm rotates medially and is stuck in pronation and extension

Question 3

what causes waiter’s hand palsy (spinal nerves)?

Answer 3

damage to the C5,C6 region

Question 4

what nerve plexuses may be broken in waiter’s hand palsy?

Answer 4

subscapular, musculocutaneous, and the axillary plexus

Question 5

what muscles are affected in eb’s palsy?

Answer 5

the deltoid, biceps brachii, and the brachialis

Question 6

what is the saturday night palsy?

Answer 6

palsy where the wrist is flexed

Question 7

what causes the saturday night’s palsy (nerve plexus)?

Answer 7

distal radial damage

Question 8

what are some other symptoms associated with the saturday night palsy?

Answer 8

difficuly to extend the elbow

Question 9

what is the pointing finger palsy?

Answer 9

self explanatory

Question 10

what are the damaged nerves in the pointing finger palsy?

Answer 10

the proximal median nerve

Question 11

what is klumpke’s paralysis

Answer 11

position where the index and middle finger is flexed

Question 12

what spinal nerves are damaged in klumpke’s paralysis?

Answer 12

C8 and T1

Question 13

what muscles are damaged in klumpke’s paralysis?

Answer 13

flexor carpi ulnaris and the ulnar half of flexor digitorum profundus