Free practice question 17 of 20 · Spine
An original single best answer question in the style of the FRCS (Tr & Orth) Section 1 paper, with the answer and a referenced explanation. Pick an answer to reveal it, then rate how sure you were.
A 50-year-old man has pain over the right shoulder and lateral arm. Passive shoulder movement is full and pain-free. MRI of the cervical spine shows a right foraminal disc-osteophyte complex at C4/5 and no other abnormality.
Which pattern of findings is expected?
Topic guide
Spine: what the exam tests
Syllabus coverage, high-yield themes and the common traps.
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Brachial plexus
The brachial plexus from roots to terminal branches: C5–T1 roots, the upper, middle and lower trunks, anterior and posterior divisions, the lateral, posterior and medial cords, and the nerves each gives off.
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