nerve plexus Flashcards
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what is a ramus communicans
a nerve which connects two other
nerves
how many cervical nerves and vertebra are there
7 vertebra, 8 nerves
how many thoracic vertebra are there
12
how many lumbar vertebra are there
5
how many sacral vertebra are there
5
how many caucal vertebra are there
3-5 fused
a nerve plexus is
branching network of
intersecting nerves
cervical plexus roots
c1-5
brachial plexus roots
c4-c8, t1
terminal nerves of the brachial plexus
axillary, musculocutaneous, radial, median, ulnar, vagus
roots of musculocutaneous
c5-7
roots of median nerve
c5-c8, t1
roots of ulnar nerve
c8,t1
radial nerve
c5-c8, t1
axillary nerve root
c5, c6
lumber plexus roots
l1-l5, t12
lumar plexus terminal
femoral, sciatic, obturator, saphenous
femoral nerve roots
l2-4
obturator roots
l2-4
sacral roots
l4-5, s1-5, c0
sacral terminal nerves
sciatic, tibial, common fibular, sciatic
tibial nerve roots
l4-5, s1-3
common fibular
l4-5, s1-2