PT 5131 Lecture Notes - Latissimus Dorsi Muscle, Teres Major Muscle, Upper Trunk

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Physical Therapy
• Course: PT 5131
• Professor: L Day

Document Summary

Overview of brachial plexus and small nerve branches. Rules of 5 : 5 spinal nerve root contributions, c5, c6, c7, c8, t1. All emerge between anterior and middle scalenes as they come out of. Intervertebral foramen of vertebral column: 5 segments of brachial plexus (real therapists drink cold beer, roots, trunks, divisions, cords, terminal branches. Cords: surround axillary artery: 5 major terminal branches of brachial plexus, musculocutaneous nerve (c5 c7, supplies anterior brachium and some skin on lateral portion of. Comes off of superior trunk of brachial plexus: off of cords, off of lateral cord, off of posterior cord. Lateral pectoral nerve (c5 c7): innervates pectoralis major. Lower subscapular nerve (c5, c6): innervates subscapularis and. Thoracodorsal nerve (c6 c8): innervates subscapularis innervates latissimus dorsi. In middle of upper subscapular nerve and lower subscapular. Medial antebrachial cutaneous (c8, t1): innervates medial side of: off of medial cord. Medial brachial cutaneous (c8, t1): innervates medial portion of.