Appendices

Authors: Flaherty, Alice W.; Rost, Natalia S.

Title: Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Neurology, The, 2nd Edition

Copyright 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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Appendices

Neurology Anatomy

Table 1. Symptoms of disc herniation.

Disc	Root	MotorF	Sensory	Reflex
C5 6	C6	Biceps, wrist ext.	Med. arm and hand	Biceps
C6 7*	C7	Triceps, wrist flex.	Middle finger	Triceps
C7-T1	C8	Finger flex.	Lat. hand	Finger
L3 4	L4	Quadriceps	Med. calf	Knee
L4 5*	L5	Dorsiflexors	Med. foot
L5-S1	S1	Plantar flexors	Lat. foot	Ankle
* Most common.

Figure 2. Dermatomes and peripheral nerve territories. (From Patton HD, et al. Introduction to Basic Neurology. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1976, with permission.)

Figure 35. Tests for anomia and alexia from the NIH Stroke Scale.

Figure 36. Pocket vision screener. (Courtesy of J.G. Rosenbaum, MD.)

Abbreviations used only locally are defined in that section.