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level: Result of Damage to Plexus or its Nerves

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level questions: Result of Damage to Plexus or its Nerves

Question	Answer
It is the inability to extend hand at wrist	Wristdrop
It is the inability to spread fingers apart	Clawhand
A damage in this nerve may cause inability to extend leg and flex hip; loss of cutaneous sensation	Femoral nerve of the sacral plexus
A damage in this nerve would cause inability to adduct thigh	Obturator nerve of the lumbar plexus
A damage in this nerve would induce clawhand.	Ulnar nerve of the brachial plexus
A damage in this nerve may cause decreased ability to flex on arm.	Musculocutaneous nerve of the brachial plexus
A damage in this nerve would cause respiratory paralysis	Phrenic nerve of the cervical plexus
A damage in this nerve would cause paralysis and atrophy of deltoid muscle.	Axillary nerve of the brachial plexus
A damage in this nerve may cause inability to extend hip and flex knee; sciatica	Sciatic nerve of the sacral plexus
A damage in this nerve may induce inability to extend hip (maximus) or abduct and medially rotate thigh (medius)	Superior and inferior gluteal nerve of the sacral plexus
A damage in this nerve would cause inability to plantar flex and invert foot; shuffling gait	Tibial of the sciatic nerve of the sacral plexus
A damage in this nerve would cause wristdrop	Radial nerve of the brachial plexus
A damage in this nerve may cause decreased ability to flex hand and abduct hand, thumb and finger - therefore, inability to pick up small objects.	Median nerve of the brachial plexus
A damage in this nerve would cause footdrop	Common fibular of the sciatic nerve of the sacral plexus