lumbosacral: nerve plexus + blood supply to L.L

Question 1

what is a nerve plexus

Answer 1

-motor and sensory to muscles and skin of body wall and limbs
-autonomic fibers
-network of spinal nerves

Question 2

what does the cervical plexus innvervate

Answer 2

entire structure of neck

Question 3

what does the brachial plexus innervate

Answer 3

entire upper limb

Question 4

what do the lumbar/sacral plexus innervate

Answer 4

=lumbosacral plexus
innervates lower limb

Question 5

what section of the spinal cord is the lumbosacral plexus

Answer 5

L1-S4

Question 6

what does the femoral nerve innervate

Answer 6

-anterior thigh muscle
-hip flexors
-knee extensors

Question 7

what does the superior gluteal nerve innervate

Answer 7

-glut. med and min.
-TFL

Question 8

what does the obturator nerve innervate

Answer 8

-medial thigh
-adductors of hip

Question 9

what does the inferior gluteal nerve innervate

Answer 9

glut. max

Question 10

what does paralysis of a nerve mean

Answer 10

complete loss in voluntary movement

Question 11

what does paresis of a nerve mean

Answer 11

weakness in voluntary movement

Question 12

what is an artery

Answer 12

blood flowing away from heart

Question 13

what is a vein

Answer 13

blood traveling to the heart

Question 14

what is collateral circulation

Answer 14

blood supply alongside main pathway of blood

Question 15

what is an anastomosis

Answer 15

2 vessels with different origins coming together

Question 16

anatomical anastomosis is

Answer 16

where you can see it

Question 17

function anastomosis is

Answer 17

where you can see it but it also does work when called upon

Question 18

what is a deep vein

Answer 18

a vein that has the same name as an artery they run with

Question 19

what is a superficial vein

Answer 19

they run without an artery and have their own name

Question 20

what is the greater saphenous vein pathway

Answer 20

dorsal venous arch –> ascend medial leg –> ascend medial thigh –> femoral vein

Question 21

what is the lesser saphenous vein pathway

Answer 21

dorsal venous arch –> ascend posterior leg –> popliteal vein