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Where does C1 CSN exit?

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Lateral vertebral foramen of C1

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What does C1 supply?

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Muscles of atlanto occipital joint, part of sternohyoideus and sternothyrodieus

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Where does C2 exit through?

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Intervertebral foramen of C1 vertebrae

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What does C2 supply to?

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Cleidomastoideus and omotransversarius

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What does C3 and C4 supply to ?

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Epaxial and hypaxial muscles of neck, supplies brachipcephlicus parts, omotransversarius, and trapezius

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What does C5 and C6 supply?

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Diaphragm, becomes the phrenic nerve

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What thoracic limb muscles are not supplied by the brachial plexus?

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trapezius, omotransversarius, cleidomastoideus, cleidocervicalis

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What are the CSN of the suprascapular nerve?

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C6-C7

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What does the suprascapular nerve innervate?

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extensors of shoulder: supra and infraspinatus

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What happens if the suprascapular nerve is damaged?

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deviation of shoulder outward, muscles unable to function

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What compensates for the suprascapular nerve?

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Brachiocephalicus and biceps brachii

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How do you diagnose a damaged suprascapular nerve?

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Seeing abducted shoulder and prominent scapular spine

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What re the CSN segments of the axillary nerve?

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C6-C8

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What does the axillary nerve innervate?

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Flexors of shoulder: teres major and minor, deltoideus

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What happens if the axillary nerve is damaged?

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Flexors of shoulder paralyzed, no cutaneous sensation on lateral aspect of shoulder or craniolateral aspect of upper brachium

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What compensates for the axillary nerve?

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latissimus dorsi and triceps

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What are the reflex tests that can be used for the axillary nerve?

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Pinprick: to see if there is sensation in the autonomous zone

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What are the CSN segments of the musculocutaneous nerve?

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C6-C8

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What does the musculocutaneous nerve innervate?

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Flexors of the elbow: biceps brachii and brachialis

Sensory: medial cutaneous antebrachial nerve

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What happens if the musculocutaneous nerve is damaged?

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paralysis of elbow flexors, no cutaneous sensation on medial aspect of antebrachium

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How do you know if the musculocutaneous nerve is damaged?

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Animal fails to offer paw, reluctant to go upstairs

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What reflex tests can be done on the musculocutaneous nerve?

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Pin prick, biceps biceps reflex test

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What are the CSN segments of the radial nerve?

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C6-T1

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What does the radial nerve innervate?

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Extensors of elbow, carpus and digits

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What are the branches that the radial nerve gives off?
Cranial cutaneous antebrachial nerve (small) lateral cutaneous antebrachial nerve (thick) Deep muscular branch
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What are the digits supplied by the radial nerve?
digits 1 through axial aspect of digit 4
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What happens if you injure the radial nerve at a high level?
Can't bear weight, paralysis of extensors, no cutaneous sensation, knuckling over of paw
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What happens if you injure the radial nerve at a lower level?
no cutaneous sensation, limb can still bear weight because triceps brachii is not affected, paw will knuckle over
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What are the reflex tests for the radial nerve?
Triceps brachii, externsor carpi radialis reflex test
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What are the CSN segments of the Median nerve?
C7-T1
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What does the median nerve innervate?
Caudomedial group of muscles of antebrachium, flexors of the carpus and digits
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What does the median nerve run with and where?
Through carpal canal with median artery, vein, and palmar branch of the ulnar nerve
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What happens if the median nerve is injured?
Effect pronator teres and flexor carpi radialis
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What is a reflex test for the median nerve?
Pin pick on the caudomedial side of the manus
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What are the CSN segments of the Ulnar nerve?
C8-T1
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What does the ulnar nerve innervate?
caudomedial group of muscles of the antebrachium, flexors of the carpus and digits
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What is the branch that the ulnar nerve gives off?
Caudal cutaneous antebrachial nerve
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What digits does the ulnar nerve innervate?
Dorsal and palmar aspects of carpus and digits 5 and abaxial portion of digit 4
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What happens if the ulnar nerve is damaged?
flexor carpi ulnaris will be affected
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What reflex tests can be used on the ulnar nerve?
pin prick tests, interossei reflex test
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What are the the segments of the Cleidobrachial nerve?
C6-C7
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What are the segments of the subscapular nerve?
C6-C7
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What are the segments of the superficial pectoral nerve?
C6-C8
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What are the segments of the thoracodorsal nerve?
C6-T1
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What does the thoracodorsal nerve supply?
Latissimus dorsi
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What are the segments of the deep pectoral nerve?
C6-T1
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What are the segments of the long thoracic nerve?
C8-T1
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What does the long thoracic nerve supply?
Serratus ventralis thoracis
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What are the segments of the lateral thoracic nerve?
C8-T1
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What does the lateral thoracic nerve supply?
Cutaneous trunci
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How do lumbar nerves run as opposed to cervical nerves?
In a caudal direction as opposed to running dorsally and ventrally
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What are the nerves that innervate the abdominal wall and pelvic limb?
Cranial iliohypogastric nerve (L1) Caudal iliohypogastric nerve (L2) ilioinguinal nerve (L3) genitofemoral nerve (L4)
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Which nerves do you have to be careful about during a spay
Cranial and caudal iliohypogastric nerves
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What does the genitofemoral nerve pass through?
Inguinal canal
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What branches form the femoral nerve?
L4-L6
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What type of innervation does the femoral nerve have?
Motor and sensory: extensors of stifle (sartorius) | quadriceps femoris
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What is a branch of the femoral nerve?
Saphenous nerve
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What does the saphenous nerve innervate?
Skin on ventral half of medial aspect of thigh, medial stifle, leg and digits
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What happens if the femoral nerve is injured?
Loss of sensory innervation, unable to extend stifle can't bear weight
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What are the segment of the obturator nerve?
L6
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What is the innervation of the obturator nerve?
No sensory, adduction of the limb, supplies medial group muscles of the thigh ( gracilis, pectineous, obturator)
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What happens if the obturator nerve is injured?
Limb may abduct from body when walking due to paralysis of adductors
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What makes up the lumbosacral plexus?
L6-S2
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What are the segments of the ischiatic/sciatic nerve?
L6-S1/2
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What does the sciatic nerve innervate?
hamstring group of muscles: biceps femoris, semimembranosus, semitendinosus, tenissimus outward rotators: gemeli, internal obturator, quadratus femoris
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What are the two branches of the sciatic nerve?
Common peroneal/fibular nerve
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What is the innervation of the Common peroneal/fibular nerve?
Motor and sensory to craniolater group of mOuscles of leg and dorsal aspect of pes Superficial branch: supplies skin over craniolateral crus and pess deep branch: supplies most of the muscle son dorsolateral aspect of leg: flexors of hock, extensor of digits
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What happens if the common peroneal/fibular nerve is injured?
Unable to extend digits, knuckling over, overextension of the hock, can still bear weight
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What does the tibial nerve innervate?
Motor and sensory to caudomedial group of leg muscles, extensors of tarsus, flexors fo the digits, plantar aspect
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What are the two branches of the tibial nerve?
Lateral plantar nerve and Medial plantar nerve
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What happens if the tibial nerve is injured?
Affects gastrocnemius, SDF, DDF, | total nerve injury: dropped hock, unable to bear weight as unable to extend hock
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What are the tests for the tibial nerve?
Gastrocnemius tendon reflex, extensor thrust reflex
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What does the cranial gluteal nerve innervate?
Middle and deep gluteal and tensor fascia lata
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What does the caudal gluteal nerve innervate?
Superficial gluteal, piriformis
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What is the purpose of the caudal gluteal nerve?
Aid in hip extension and abduction
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What does the pudendal nerve supply?
Genitalia, pelvic diaphragm, sphincter ani externus, perineal region
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What is the branch off of the pudendal nerve?
Caudal rectal nerve
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What does the caudal rectal nerve supply?
external sphincter muscle
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What happens if the pudendal nerve is damaged?
Urinary incontinence
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What is cranial nerve I?
Olfactory nerve
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What fibers are present in cranial nerve I?
SVA, sensory
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Where does cranial nerve I pass through?
Holes in cribriform plate to reach olfactory bulb
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What other nerve follow a similar route as cranial nerve I?
Terminal nerve and accessory olfactory nerve: flehmen response at the vomernasal organ
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What is cranial nerve II?
Optic nerve
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What fibers are associated with Cranial nerve II?
SSA, sensory
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Where does the cranial nerve II arise from?
Retinal ganglion cells
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What is cranial nerve III?
Oculomotor nerve
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What fibers are associated with cranial nerve III?
Motor
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What does cranial nerve III innervate?
Dorsal rectus muscle of the eye, medial and ventral rectus muscle of the eye
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What does cranial nerve III do?
Control eye movement with CN IV and VI (trochlear and abducent)
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What happens if the cranial nerve III is damaged?
Lateral strabismus
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What is cranial nerve IV?
Trochlear nerve
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What are the fibers associated with trochlear nerve
motor
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What does this nerve innervate?
Dorsal oblique muscle of the eye
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What happens if the trochlear nerve is damaged?
dorsolateral strabismus
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What is cranial nerve V?
Trigeminal nerve
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What nerve fibers are associated with trigeminal nerve
Both sensory and motor
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What are the three branches of the trigeminal nerve?
Opthalmic, mandibular, maxillary
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Where does the trigeminal nerve pass through?
Trigeminal canal in petrous part of temporal bone where trigeminal ganglion is located
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What trigeminal nerve?does the mandibular branch of the trigeminal innervate?
Muscles of mastication: masseter, temporalis, medial and lateral pterygoidues, rostral belly of digastricus
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What is the sensory innervation of the mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve?
cheek, lower lip, tongue, lower teeth, external ear drum, external ear canal, skin of majority of head

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