Due to Damage of a Nervous Structure During Birth, a Patient's

question 1

Multiple Choice

Due to damage of a nervous structure during birth, a patient's arm is adducted, internally rotated, and his hand faces posteriorly, a condition known as Erb's Duchenne palsy. What nervous structure was damaged?

• A) Cervical plexus
• B) Femoral nerve
• C) Brachial plexus
• D) Lumboscaral plexus
• E) Sciatic nerve

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