06-04-2014, 07:51 PM
A 7-yrs-old boy falls from a tree house and is brought to the emergency department of a local hospital. On examination, he has weakness in rotating his arm laterally because of an injury of a nerve. Which of the
following conditions is most likely to cause a loss of this nerve function?
(A) Injury to the lateral cord of the brachial
(B) Fracture of the anatomic neck of the humerus
© Knife wound on the teres major muscle
(D) Inferior dislocation of the head of the humerus
(E) A tumor in the triangular space in the shoulder region
following conditions is most likely to cause a loss of this nerve function?
(A) Injury to the lateral cord of the brachial
(B) Fracture of the anatomic neck of the humerus
© Knife wound on the teres major muscle
(D) Inferior dislocation of the head of the humerus
(E) A tumor in the triangular space in the shoulder region
