Questions and Answers
Which nerve supplies skin over the point of the shoulder to halfway down the deltoid muscle?
What is the main function of the intercostobrachial nerve?
What is the name of the vein that ascends in the superficial fascia on the lateral side of the biceps?
What is the purpose of the venae comitantes?
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Which compartment of the arm has its own blood and nerve supply?
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What is the purpose of the intermuscular septa in the arm?
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Where does the radial nerve lie in contact with?
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Which of the following muscles does the radial nerve not give a branch to?
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Where does the radial nerve pierce?
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Which cutaneous nerve is a branch of the radial nerve?
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What is the radial nerve accompanied by in the spiral groove?
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In which compartment does the radial nerve give branches to the brachialis, brachioradialis, and extensor carpi radialis longus?
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What is the nerve supply to the triceps muscle?
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What is the insertion of the triceps muscle?
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Which artery accompanies the ulnar nerve at the middle of the arm?
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What is the location of the radial nerve as it passes through the arm?
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What is the origin of the long head of the triceps muscle?
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What is the structure that shifts from the anterior to the posterior compartments of the upper arm at the middle of the arm?
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What is the effect of edema caused by soft tissue injury in the arm?
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What is the nerve supply to the muscles in the anterior fascial compartment?
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What is the function of the biceps brachii muscle?
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What is the origin of the brachial artery?
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What is the purpose of incising the deep fascia in compartment syndrome?
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What are the two terminal branches of the brachial artery?
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What is the path of the musculocutaneous nerve?
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What is the location of the radial nerve in the anterior fascial compartment?
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What is the effect of delayed treatment of compartment syndrome?
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What are the early signs of compartment syndrome?
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