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Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
and Myotomes Motor ... Anterior Shoulder Dislocation ... regimental badge" anesthesia ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... neurology #sensory #motor
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
saddle (perineal) anesthesia ... Commonly caused ... damage to peroneal nerve ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... neurology #sensory #motor
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
 Most common cause ... albumin-cytologic dissociation ... The sensory and motor ... Differential diagnosis ... prominent cranial nerve
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Demyelinating disease caused ... Symptoms: AMS, motor ... , palsy of the abducens ... nerve, and impaired
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
pupil with third nerve ... • Lateralized motor ... hemiplegic or anesthetic ... movement deficits (CN ... #differential #diagnosis
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... : • Sensory, motor ... • Infectious causes ... brain and/or optic nerve