PRACTICE QUIZ - UPPER LIMB, AXILLA AND BRACHIAL PLEXUS
1. _____The axillary
artery becomes the brachial artery at the:
A. lower border of the pectoralis
major muscle
B. upper border of the teres
minor muscle
C.lower border of the pectoralis
minor muscle
D. lower border of the teres
major muscle
E. lower border of the latissimus
dorsi
2. _____Branches of
the thoracoacromial artery (trunk) include all of the following EXCEPT
the:
A. deltoid
B. subscapular
C. pectoral
D. clavicular
E. acromial
3. _____Which of the
following structures pass through the quadrilateral space?
A. circumflex scapular artery
and axillary nerve
B. dorsal scapular nerve
and artery
C. radial nerve and profunda
brachii artery
D. upper subscapular nerve
and subscapular artery
E. axillary nerve and posterior
circumflex humeral artery
4. _____The nerve
which innervates the infraspinatus muscle arises from which part of the
brachial plexus?
A. roots
B. upper trunk
C. lateral cord
D. posterior cord
E. medial cord
5. _____Damage to
which of the following structures of the brachial plexus causes claw hand?
A. ulnar nerve
B. middle trunk
C. lower trunk
D. A and B
E. A and C
6. _____The brachioradialis
muscle is innervated by the
A. radial nerve
B. anterior interosseus nerve
C. ulnar nerve
D. musculocutaneous nerve
E. median nerve
7. _____Which of the
following nerves arises directly from the roots of the brachial plexus?
A. thoracodorsal nerve
B. nerve to subclavius
C. dorsal scapular nerve
D. suprascapular nerve
E. upper subscapular nerve
8. _____Damage to
the upper trunk of the brachial plexus results in:
A. Erb’s palsy (Erb-Duchenne
paralysis)
B. claw hand
C. ape hand
D. wrist drop
E. inability to flex forearm
9. _____Which of the
following muscles is/are innervated (at least in part) by the lower subscapular
nerve?
A. teres minor
B. teres major
C. infraspinatus
D. subscapularis
E. B and D
10. _____Which of
the following statements is FALSE concerning the brachial plexus?
A. The posterior divisions
of all three trunks unite to form the posterior cord.
B. The anterior divisions
of the upper and middle trunks unite to form the lateral cord.
C. The middle trunk is formed
by fibers from C7.
D. Three named nerves arise
directly from the lower trunk.
E. Two named nerves arise
directly from the upper trunk.
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