EMQ: 26
Nerve Lesions
a)
Radial nerve
b)
Obturator nerve
c)
Axillary nerve
d)
Femoral nerve
e)
Median nerve
f)
Tibial nerve
g)
Ulnar nerve
h)
Common peroneal nerve
i) Musculocutaneous
nerve
j)
Sciatic nerve
1) A patient presents with weakness of shoulder
abduction. There is a small area of anaesthesia over the lower part of the
deltoid
2) A patient presents with weakness of knee extension and
wasting of the quadriceps muscle. There is loss of the knee jerk. There is
sensory loss over the front of the thigh and medial aspect of the lower leg as
far as the medial malleolus.
3) A patient presents with weakness of the biceps,
coracobrachialis and brachialis. There is sensory loss over the lateral aspect
of the forearm
4) A patient presents with wasting and weakness of the
muscles of the lateral part of the thenar eminence. There is loss of sensation
over the lateral three and a half fingers. Tinel’s sign is positive
5) A patient presents with wasting and weakness of the
small muscles of the hand except the muscles of the lateral part of the thenar
eminence. There is sensory loss over the medial one and a half fingers.
