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Peripheral nerves innervating muscles of the lower extremity

Topic: Anatomy

Created on Wednesday, August 30 2006 by

Last modified on Wednesday, December 31 1969.

Of the following choices, which ONE answer most accurately describes the nerve or nerves which most typically innervate Flexor digiti minimi brevis?

 
        A) Deep branch of lateral plantar nerve
 
        B) Lumbar plexus
 
        C) Obturator nerve and tibial portion of sciatic nerve
 
        D) Superficial branch of lateral plantar nerve
 
        E) Medial plantar nerve
 

 


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A) deep branch of lateral plantar nerve

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Flexor digiti minimi brevis is innervated by superficial branch of lateral plantar nerve  (See References)

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B) lumbar plexus

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Flexor digiti minimi brevis is innervated by superficial branch of lateral plantar nerve  (See References)

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C) obturator nerve and tibial portion of sciatic nerve

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Flexor digiti minimi brevis is innervated by superficial branch of lateral plantar nerve  (See References)

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D) superficial branch of lateral plantar nerve

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Flexor digiti minimi brevis is innervated by superficial branch of lateral plantar nerve  (See References)

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E) medial plantar nerve

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Flexor digiti minimi brevis is innervated by superficial branch of lateral plantar nerve  (See References)

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References:

1. Moore, K.L. (1992). Clinical Oriented Anatomy, 3rd Edition. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore.
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Peripheral nerves innervating muscles of the lower extremity
Question ID: 0830200601
Question written by . (C) FrontalCortex.com 2006-2009, all rights reserved. Created: 08/30/2006
Modified: 12/31/1969
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jdmiles
anatomy Comment May 14, 2007 @ 06:47

I'm considering taking questions like these, which have hundreds or thousands of permutations, and breaking them up into many smaller questions, so that they're more like the other questions in the bank.

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