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First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 (2021) | Physician Assistant (PA) School Study Aid
Brachial Plexus Roots
- C5 through T1
- Long Thoracic Nerve
- Dorsal Scapular Nerve
43 secs
Brachial Plexus Trunks
- Superior Trunk
- Suprascapular Nerve
- Middle Trunk
- Inferior Trunk
1 min
Brachial Plexus Divisions
- Anterior (Division)
- Posterior (Division)
27 secs
Brachial Plexus Cords
- Lateral Cord
- Lateral Pectoral Nerve
- Posterior Cord
- Upper Subscapular Nerve
- Thoracodorsal Nerve
- Lower Subscapular Nerve
- Medial Cord
- Medial Pectoral Nerve
- Medial Cutaneous Nerve of Arm and Forearm
1 min
Brachial Plexus Branches
- Musculocutaneous nerve
- Axillary Nerve
- Radial nerve
- Median Nerve
- Ulnar Nerve
56 secs
Nerve Palsies - Erb's Palsy (Waiter's tip)
- Nerves
- C5-C6 Roots
- Superior (Upper) Trunk
- Causes
- Lateral Traction on Neck during Delivery
- Trauma in Adults
- Functional Deficit
- Deltoid
- Infraspinatus
- Biceps Brachii
- Presentation
- Waiter's Tip Deformity
2 mins
Nerve Palsies - Klumpke's Palsy
- Nerve
- C8 to T1 Roots
- Lower Trunk
- Causes
- Upward Arm Force during Delivery
- Adult Trauma
- Grabbing Tree Branch to Break a Fall
- Muscle Affected
- Intrinsic Hand Muscles
- Presentation
- Claw Hand
1 min
Nerve Palsies - Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- Nerve
- Compression of Brachial Plexus
- Compression of Subclavian Vessels
- Causes
- Cervical Rib Abnormality
- Trauma
- Weight Lifters
- Pancoast Tumor
- Presentation
- Edema
- Claw Hand
- Pain
1 min
Nerve Palsies - Winged Scapula
- Nerve
- Long Thoracic Nerve
- Causes
- Axillary Node Dissection in Mastectomy
- Stab Wound
- Muscle Affected
- Serratus Anterior
- Functional Deficit
- Scapula Cannot Anchor to Thorax
- Presentation
- Inability to Raise Arm Above Head
1 min
