Chapter 6- Upper Limb

Clinically Oriented Anatomy 7Th Ed By Agur Dalley

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Chapter 6- Upper Limb

 

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34. What is the clinical significance of a superficial ulnar artery?
  A) It often compresses the median nerve in the arm, producing paresthesia and muscle weakness.
  B) It is often pinched during elbow flexion, producing mild ischemia in the forearm muscles.
  C) Its superficial course in the cubital fossa results in it being mistakenly used for venipuncture.
  D) Its caliber is typically smaller than the normal ulnar artery and, under compromising situations, may be unable to provide sufficient blood to the hand.
  E) It accompanies the median nerve in the forearm and passes deep to the flexor retinaculum, resulting in hand ischemia in any patient suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome.
  Ans: C

 

 

35. Which of the following would not be associated with a complete section of the median nerve at the elbow?
  A) inability to flex both the proximal and the distal interphalangeal joints of digits 2 and 3
  B) atrophy of thenar eminence muscles
  C) greatly weakened pronation
  D) loss of sensation on the lateral aspect of the palmar surface of the hand
  E) loss of ability to adduct the thumb
  Ans: E

 

 

36. Which of the following would not be associated with a complete section of the ulnar nerve at the wrist?
  A) inability to abduct the little finger
  B) inability to grasp a piece of paper between the extended 4th and 5th digits
  C) inability to flex the metacarpophalangeal joint while extending interphalangeal joints of the 2nd digit
  D) clawhand
  E) loss of all sensation on the palmar aspect of the little finger
  Ans: C

 

 

37. “Wrist-drop” is associated with:
  A) unopposed action of the lumbricals and interossei.
  B) rupture of the extensor digitorum.
  C) avulsion of the olecranon.
  D) section of the radial nerve at the mid-humeral level.
  E) section of the superficial branch of the radial nerve.
  Ans: D

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