KROK 1 2013 – Question 28 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
A patient consulted a doctor about being unable to abduct his right arm after a past trauma. Examination revealed that the passive movements were not limited. The patient was found to have the atrophy of the deltoid muscle. What nerve is damaged?
- A. Suprascapular
- B. Ulnar
- C. Median
- D. Radial
- E. Axillary
Hint
Ask which nerve of the brachial plexus supplies the atrophic muscle named in the stem, and what that muscle does.
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