Neurology: True or false: you can test for lower motor neuron lesions in the cervical spine by checking the reflexes in the biceps, triceps AND supinator muscles?

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True or false: you can test for lower motor neuron lesions in the cervical spine by checking the reflexes in the biceps, triceps AND supinator muscles?

Alexandra Jessie Wilson · Accepted Answer

True. 
More specifically, it checks C5 to C8.

Neurology

True or false: you can test for lower motor neuron lesions in the cervical spine by checking the reflexes in the biceps, triceps AND supinator muscles?

True. More specifically, it checks C5 to C8.

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