CCEP Peripheral Nerve Entrapments & Neurological Conditions

Question 1

Carpal tunnel syndrome primarily involves compression of which nerve?

Accepted Answer

Median nerve

Answer

Ulnar nerve

Answer

Radial nerve

Answer

Musculocutaneous nerve

Question 2

Phalen's test is performed by having the patient maintain maximum wrist flexion for 60 seconds. A positive test reproduces symptoms of which condition?

Accepted Answer

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Answer

De Quervain's tenosynovitis

Answer

Cubital tunnel syndrome

Answer

Radial tunnel syndrome

Question 3

Cubital tunnel syndrome involves entrapment of which nerve at the medial elbow?

Accepted Answer

Ulnar nerve

Answer

Radial nerve

Answer

Median nerve

Answer

Musculocutaneous nerve

Question 4

In thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS), which structures are most commonly compressed as they pass through the thoracic outlet?

Accepted Answer

Brachial plexus and subclavian vessels

Answer

Radial nerve and brachial artery

Answer

Median nerve and ulnar artery

Answer

Phrenic nerve and internal jugular vein

Question 5

Tarsal tunnel syndrome involves compression of which nerve as it passes beneath the flexor retinaculum on the medial ankle?

Accepted Answer

Posterior tibial nerve

Answer

Common peroneal nerve

Answer

Sural nerve

Answer

Saphenous nerve

Question 6

Meralgia paresthetica is caused by entrapment of which nerve near the anterior superior iliac spine?

Accepted Answer

Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve

Answer

Femoral nerve

Answer

Obturator nerve

Answer

Saphenous nerve

Question 7

The common peroneal nerve is most vulnerable to compression or injury at which anatomical location?

Accepted Answer

The fibular neck

Answer

The anterior compartment of the leg

Answer

The popliteal fossa

Answer

The ankle mortise