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What are the motor functions of the radial nerve?
Extension at all arm, wrist and proximal finger joints below the shoulder; forearm supination; thumb abduction in plane of palm
Describe the region of sensory loss with radial nerve neuropathy?
sensory loss in radial nerve distribution -- posterolateral aspect of arm, forearm, hand, thumb.
What are the motor functions of the median nerve?
thumb flexion and opposition, flexion of digits 2 and 3, wrist flexion and abduction, forearm pronation.
Describe the region of sensory loss with median nerve neuropathy.
sensory loss in median nerve distribution -- lateral aspect of palm, anterior thumb, anterior & posterior aspects of 2nd and 3rd digits
What are the motor functions of the ulnar nerve?
finger adduction and abduction other than thumb; thumb adduction, flexion of digits 4 and 5; wrist flexion and adduction.
Describe the sensory loss associated with ulnar neuropathy.
sensory loss in anterior & posterior aspects of 4th-5th digits
What is the motor function of the axillary nerve?
Abduction of arm at shoulder beyond first 15 degrees.
Describe the sensory loss associated with axillary neuropathy.
numbness of shoulder in deltoid region
What are the motor functions of the musculocutaneous nerve?
Flexion of arm at elbow, supination of forearm.
Describe the sensory loss associated with musculocutaneous neuropathy.
lateral cutaneous nerve of forearm
What are the motor functions of the femoral nerve?
Leg flexion at the hip, leg extension at the knee.
What are the motor functions of the obturator nerve?
Adduction of the thigh.
What are the motor functions of the sciatic nerve?
Leg flexion at the knee (also, foot plantar flexion and inversion, toe flexion, foot eversion, foot dorsiflextion, toe extension through DF, SF and T)
What are the motor functions of the tibial nerve?
Foot plantar flexion, inversion, toe flexion.
What are the motor functions of the superficial fibular nerve?
foot eversion.
What are the motor functions of the deep fibular nerve?
Foot dorsiflexion, toe eversion.
Describe the pattern of sensory loss with femoral neuropathy.
sensory loss in anterior thigh
Describe the pattern of sensory loss with sciatic neuropathy.
sensory loss in foot & lateral leg below the knee
Describe the pattern of sensory loss with common fibular neuropathy.
Sensory loss over dorsolateral foot & shin.