Musculoskeletal Cards

Front 1

Axillary Nerve Roots

Back 1

C5-C6

Front 2

Axillary Nerve MOI

Back 2

Fracture surgical neck, anterior dislocation

Front 3

Presentation of Axillary Nerve Injury

Back 3

Flattened deltoid, loss of arm abduction, loss of sensation over deltoid and lateral arm

Front 4

Musculocutaneous Nerve Roots

Back 4

C5-C7

Front 5

Musculocutaneous MOI

Back 5

upper trunk compression

Front 6

Musculocutaneous Nerve Injury Presentation

Back 6

loss of forearm flexion and supination

loss of sensation over later forearm

Front 7

Radial Nerve Roots

Back 7

C5-T1

Front 8

Radial Nerve MOI

Back 8

MIDSHAFT fracture of humerus

compression of axilla (saturday night palsy)

Front 9

Radial Nerve Injury Presentation

Back 9

wrist drop, loss of elbow, wrist, and finger extension

Decreased grip strength

Loss of hand sensation over posterior arm/forearm and dorsal hand

Front 10

Median Nerve Roots

Back 10

C5-T1

Front 11

Median Nerve MOI

Back 11

Supracondylar fracture of humerus (proximal lesion)

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Wrist laceration (distal lesion)

Front 12

Median Nerve Injury Presentation

Back 12

"ape hand" or "Pope's blessing"

Loss of wrist flexion, flexion of lateral fingers, thumb opposition, lumbricals of 2nd and 3rd digits

Loss of sensation over the thenar eminence and dorsal and palmar aspects of lateral 2.5 fingers with proximal lesion

Tinned sign in carpal tunnel syndrome

Front 13

Ulnar Nerve Roots

Back 13

C8-T1

Front 14

Ulnar Nerve MOI

Back 14

fracture of medial epicondyle of humerus "funny bone" (proximal)

fractured hook of hamate (distal)

Front 15

Ulnar Nerve Injury Presentation

Back 15

"ulnar claw" on digit extension

Radial deviation of wrist upon flexion (proximal lesion)

Loss of wrist flexion, flexion of medial fingers, abduction and adduction of fingers (interossei), actions of medial 2 lumbrical muscles

Loss of sensation over medial 1.5 fingers, including hypothenar eminence

Front 16

Recurrent branch of median nerve roots

Back 16

C5-T1

Front 17

Recurrent branch of median nerve MOI

Back 17

superficial laceration of palm

Front 18

Recurrent branch of median nerve injury presentation

Back 18

"ape hand"

Loss of thenar muscle group: opposition, abduction, flexion of thumb

NO LOSS OF SENSATION

Front 19

Obturator Nerve Roots

Back 19

L2-L4

Front 20

Obturator Nerve MOI

Back 20

Pelvic surgery

Front 21

Obturator Nerve Injury Presentation

Back 21

decreased medial thigh sensation and decreased adduction

Front 22

Femoral Nerve Roots

Back 22

L2-L4

Front 23

Femoral Nerve MOI

Back 23

Pelvic fracture

Front 24

Femoral Nerve Injury Presentation

Back 24

decreased thing flexion and leg extension (quads)

Front 25

Common Peroneal Nerve Roots

Back 25

L4-S2

Front 26

Common Perineal Nerve MOI

Back 26

trauma/compression of lateral aspect of leg, fibular neck fracture

Front 27

Common Perineal Nerve Injury Presentation

Back 27

foot drop, inverted and plantar flexed at rest, loss of eversion and dorsiflexion.

"steppage gait"

Loss of sensation to the DORSUM of the foot

Front 28

Tibial Nerve Roots

Back 28

L4-S3

Front 29

Tibial Nerve MOI

Back 29

Knee trauma, Baker Cyst (proximal), tarsal tunnel syndrome (distal)

Front 30

Tibial Nerve Injury Presentation

Back 30

Inability to curl toes

Loss of sensation on SOLE of foot

Proximal lesion= foot everted at rest with loss of inversion and plantarflexion

Front 31

Superior Gluteal Nerve Roots

Back 31

L4-S1

Front 32

Superior Gluteal Nerve MOI

Back 32

Iatrogenic injury during IM injection to upper medial gluteal region

Front 33

Superior Gluteal Nerve Injury Presentation

Back 33

Trendelenburg sign/gait (superior gluteal nerve -> glut medium/minimus)

Lesion is contralateral to side of the hip that drops, ipsilateral to extremity that the patient stands on

Front 34

Inferior Gluteal Nerve Roots

Back 34

L5-S2

Front 35

Inferior Gluteal Nerve MOI

Back 35

posterior hip dislocation

Front 36

Inferior Gluteal Nerve Injury Presentation

Back 36

difficulty climbing stairs, rising from a seated position, loss of hip extension (glut maximus)

Front 37

Sciatic Nerve Roots

Back 37

L4-S3

Front 38

Sciatic Nerve Branches

Back 38

Common perineal and tibial nerves

Front 39

Sciatic Nerve Innervates?

Back 39

Posterior thigh

Front 40

Pudendal Nerve Roots

Back 40

S2-S4

Front 41

Pudendal Nerve Innervates?

Back 41

Perineum (blocked w/ local during childbirth, ischial spine for landmark)