A 51-year-old man suffers an injury to the right shoulder during an automobile accident. an ap radiograph of the right shoulder reveals an anterior shoulder dislocation in which the head of the humerus lies in a subglenoid position (figure e2.14). if the nerve most likely to be injured by the inferior displacement of the humeral head is indeed injured, which motor or sensory deficit may be observed following reduction of the dislocation?

A 51-year-old man suffers an injury to the right shoulder during an automobile accident. an ap radiograph of the right shoulder reveals an anterior shoulder dislocation in which the head of the humerus lies in a subglenoid position (figure e2.14). if the nerve most likely to be injured by the inferior displacement of the humeral head is indeed injured, which motor or sensory deficit may be observed following reduction of the dislocation?



A. weakness in extending the forearm at the elbow against resistance.
B. weakness in flexing the forearm at the elbow against resistance.
C. partial loss of sensation on the medial aspect of the upper arm.
D. partial loss of sensation on the lateral aspect of the upper arm.
E. weakness in pronating the forearm at the radioulnar joints against resistance

Answer:  D. partial loss of sensation on the lateral aspect of the upper arm.


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