Scapula Flashcards
1
Q
axillary fold is absent & inferiorly placed nipples
A
absent pectoral muscles
2
Q
absent pec major & minor, breast hypoplasia, absent 2-4 rib segments
A
Poland’s Sydrome
3
Q
injury to long thoracic nerve causes?
A
winged scapula (serratus anterior paralysis)
4
Q
ipsilateral weakness when shoulders are elevated against resistance
A
injury of spinal accessory nerve (trapezius)
5
Q
radical masectomy can cause?
A
injury to thoracodorsal nerve —> paralysis of latissimus dorsi
6
Q
what’s wrong when the scapula is further from midline than normal?
A
injury to dorsal scapular nerve —>paralysis of rhomboids
7
Q
atrophy to deltoid indicates what?
A
damage to axillary nerve
8
Q
most common rotator cuff muscle that’s injured?
A
supraspinatus
