06-10-2007, 02:09 PM
For each patient with peripheral nerve dysfunction, select the most likely site of nerve injury.
A
) Axillary nerve
B
) Cervical nerve root at the cervical foramen
C
) Long thoracic nerve
D
) Median nerve above the elbow
E
) Median nerve at the elbow
F
) Median nerve at the wrist
G
) Musculocutaneous nerve above the elbow
H
) Musculocutaneous nerve at the elbow
I
) Musculocutaneous nerve at the wrist
J
) Radial nerve above the elbow
K
) Radial nerve at the elbow
L
) Radial nerve at the wrist
M
) Suprascapular nerve
N
) Thoracodorsal nerve
O
) Ulnar nerve above the elbow
P
) Ulnar nerve at the elbow
Q
) Ulnar nerve at the wrist
8. A previously healthy 37-year-old man comes to the physician because of a 2-month history of pain in the forearm and little finger of his dominant hand; he has been working as a receptionist for 6 months. He describes numbness in his little finger and weakness of his grip. There is decreased sensation to light touch at the tip of the little finger. Paresthesias are elicited with compression of the cubital tunnel.
A
) Axillary nerve
B
) Cervical nerve root at the cervical foramen
C
) Long thoracic nerve
D
) Median nerve above the elbow
E
) Median nerve at the elbow
F
) Median nerve at the wrist
G
) Musculocutaneous nerve above the elbow
H
) Musculocutaneous nerve at the elbow
I
) Musculocutaneous nerve at the wrist
J
) Radial nerve above the elbow
K
) Radial nerve at the elbow
L
) Radial nerve at the wrist
M
) Suprascapular nerve
N
) Thoracodorsal nerve
O
) Ulnar nerve above the elbow
P
) Ulnar nerve at the elbow
Q
) Ulnar nerve at the wrist
8. A previously healthy 37-year-old man comes to the physician because of a 2-month history of pain in the forearm and little finger of his dominant hand; he has been working as a receptionist for 6 months. He describes numbness in his little finger and weakness of his grip. There is decreased sensation to light touch at the tip of the little finger. Paresthesias are elicited with compression of the cubital tunnel.