Named Nerve Damage

Question 1

What nerve would be damaged if there was inability to flex elbow and supinate; and there was loss of sensation on the lateral forearm?

Answer 1

Musculocutaneous nerve

Question 2

What nerve would be damaged if there was inability to abduct shoulder and loss of sensation over the deltoid insertion on the humorous?

Answer 2

Axillary nerve

Question 3

What nerve would be damaged if there was inability to extend the forearm, wrist, fingers and thumb; and there was lack of dorsal sensation of the lateral 2 fingers?

Answer 3

Radial nerve

Question 4

What nerve injury is commonly associated with humeral neck fracture?

Answer 4

Axillary nerve injury

Question 5

What nerve injury is commonly associated with humoral midshaft fracture?

Answer 5

Radial nerve injury

Question 6

What nerve would be injured if there was thenar wasting, weak wrist flexion and loss of sensation on palmar lateral 3 fingers?

Answer 6

Median nerve

Question 7

What nerve is damaged if there is “wrist drop”?

Answer 7

Radial nerve

Question 8

What nerve is damaged if there is weak wrist flexion and loss of sensation on the little finger?

Answer 8

Ulnar nerve

Question 9

What nerve injury presents with “claw hand”?

Answer 9

Ulnar nerve injury

Question 10

What nerve is injured if there is scapular winging?

Answer 10

Long thoracic nerve

Question 11

Following axillary node clearance for breast cancer, a patient has loss of sensation on the chest wall, under the axillary extending to the back. What nerve is damaged?

Answer 11

Intercostobrachial nerve

Question 12

A patient cannot extend knee and flex thigh. They also have sensory loss over anterior and medial thigh. What nerve is damaged?

Answer 12

Femoral nerve

Question 13

A patient cannot adduct their thigh and has lost sensation over the medial thigh. What nerve is damaged?

Answer 13

Obturator nerve

Question 14

There is loss of sensation over the lateral and posterior thigh. What nerve is damaged?

Answer 14

(Lateral) cutaneous nerve of thigh

Question 15

A patient struggles to plantar-flex their foot, and has lost sensation of their sole. What is the nerve damaged?

Answer 15

Tibial nerve

Question 16

A patient has foot-drop. What nerve is damaged?

Answer 16

Common peroneal nerve

Question 17

A patient cannot dorsi-flex their foot or extend their big toe, and have lost sensation over their dorsal foot and lower lateral leg. What nerve is damaged?

Answer 17

Common peroneal nerve

Question 18

A patient cannot adduct their hip, but there is no sensory loss. They recently received hip surgery. What nerve is damaged?

Answer 18

Superior gluteal nerve

Question 19

A patient cannot extend their hip, and has difficulty standing from a seated position, as well as getting up the stairs. What nerve has been damaged?

Answer 19

Inferior gluteal nerve