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Brachial Plexus
- nerve roots C5-T1
- ennervation of upper extremity
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hoppenfeld
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C5
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ant upper arm
- deltoid
- biceps
- may present w/ shoulder pain but normal mobility
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C6
- wrist extensors
- brachioradialis
- thumb & index
- 'tennis elbow', lateral elbow pain
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C7
- triceps
- wrist flexors
- middle finger
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C8
- interoscie muscles
- finger flexors
- pinky & ring fingers
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TI
- interossei
- medial aspect of elbow
- 'overuse' injuries (not tennis elbow)
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ANSA Cervicalis
- cervical plexus
- C1-C5: communicate in 'loops'
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direct relation to cranial nerves
- 9
- 10: vagus - parasympathetics
- 11
- 12: hypoglossal
- trigeminal nerve goes as far as C5
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pain
- post upper neck - C2-C4
- external ear - vagus nerve
- facial - trigeminal
- pain going from neck, up & into cranium - C1-C4
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ANS
- primary fnc of sympathetic ganglions = arteries
- Sous-sujet 2