Anterior Triangle of the Neck Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

A person receives a shallow knife wound just behind the sternocleidomastoid muscle and about 1 1/2 inches above the clavicle. There is an immediate numbness of the skin below the wound and over the acromion and clavicle. The nerve most likely severed was the ________. A) Greater auricular B) Lesser occipital C) Supraclavicular D) Suprascapular E) Transverse cervical C) Supraclavicular; The supraclavicular nerves come from C3 and C4 in the cervical plexus. These cutaneous nerves provide s...

Anterior Triangle of the Neck- Practice Questions with 100% Correct Answers A person receives a shallow knife wound just behind the sternocleidomastoid muscle and about 1 1/2 inches above the clavicle. There is an immediate numbness of the skin below the wound and over the acromion and clavicle. The nerve most likely severed was the ________. A) Greater auricular B) Lesser occipital C) Supraclavicular D) Suprascapular E) Transverse cervical - Answer- C) Supraclavicular; The supraclavic...

Anterior Triangle of the Neck- Practice Questions with 100% Correct Answers A person receives a shallow knife wound just behind the sternocleidomastoid muscle and about 1 1/2 inches above the clavicle. There is an immediate numbness of the skin below the wound and over the acromion and clavicle. The nerve most likely severed was the ________. A) Greater auricular B) Lesser occipital C) Supraclavicular D) Suprascapular E) Transverse cervical - Answer- C) Supraclavicular; The supraclavic...

Anterior Triangle of the Neck- Practice Questions with 100% Correct Answers A person receives a shallow knife wound just behind the sternocleidomastoid muscle and about 1 1/2 inches above the clavicle. There is an immediate numbness of the skin below the wound and over the acromion and clavicle. The nerve most likely severed was the ________. A) Greater auricular B) Lesser occipital C) Supraclavicular D) Suprascapular E) Transverse cervical - Answer- C) Supraclavicular; The supraclavic...