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Long thoracic n.
Motor decit
Cause of injury
Winged scapula
1.Loss of serratus anterior muscle function
2. Loss of trapezius muscle function
Axillary n.
Radial n.
C5-C8
Posterior cord of the
brachial plexus
Function: innervated
posterior m. of the
arm and forearm,
extend digits, wrist,
elbow, supination
Ulnar n.
C8-T11
Medial cord of the
brachial plexus
Anconeus
Brachioradialis
Extensor carpi radialis longus
Extensor carpi radialis brevis
Supinator
Extensor digitorum
Extensor digiti minimi
Extensor carpi ulnaris
Abductor pollicis longus
Extensor pollicis brevis
Extensor pollicis longus
Extensor indicis
Flexors:
Hypothenar muscles:
Median n.
Sensory decit
Dorsal interossei
Palmar interossei
and
flexion
Pronator teres
Flexor carpi radialis
Palmaris longus
Flexor digitorum superficialis muscle
lateral (radial) half of Flexor digitorum
profundus
Flexor pollicis longus
Pronator quadratus
(Erb-Duchenne Palsy) is a paralysis of the arm caused by injury to the upper group of the arm's
main nerves (specifically, spinal roots C5-C7), almost always occurring during birth.
Brachial plexus lesion involving C5 and C6
"Waiter's tip deformity
Thoracic outlet syndrome (Klumpkes palsy) An embryologic defect; can compress subclavian
artery and inferior trunk of brachial plexus (C8, T1)
1. Atrophy of the thenar and hypothenar eminences
2. Atrophy of the interosseous muscles
3. Sensory decits on the medial side of the forearm and hand
4. Disappearance of the radial pulse upon moving the head toward the opposite side