Spinal Nerves Flashcards
(13 cards)
Phrenic Nerve
innervates diaphragm
Brachial Plexus
lateral cord: musculocutaneous nerve & median nerve
medial cord: ulnar nerve & median nerve
posterior cord: axillary nerve & radial nerve
Musculocutaneous Nerve
motor: anterior arm muscles
sensory: lateral forearm
Median Nerve
motor: anterior forearm muscles except medial muscles
sensory: lateral 2/3 of hand on ventral side, dorsum of fingers 2 & 3
Ulnar Nerve
motor: flexor carpi ulnaris, medial half of digitorum profundus
sensory: medial 1/3 of hand anterior and posterior
Axillary Nerve
motor: deltoid and teres minor
sensory: shoulder joint and skin over part of deltoid
Radial Nerve
motor: posterior arm and forearm muscles
sensory: posterolateral arm and forearm except dorsum of fingers 2 & 3
Lumbar Plexus
femoral nerve and obturator nerve
Femoral Nerve
motor: anterior thigh muscles
sensory: anterior and medial thigh, hip and knee joints, skin of medial leg and foot
Obturator Nerve
motor: medial thigh muscles
sensory: medial thigh, skin over knee and hip joints
Sacral Plexus
Sciatic Nerve, splits into tibial nerve and common fibular nerve
Tibial Nerve
motor: posterior thigh and leg muscles
sensory: posterior leg and sole of foot
Common Fibular Nerve
motor: short head of the biceps femoris, anterior and lateral leg muscles
sensory: skin of anterior and lateral surface of leg, dorsum of foot