The police bring in a murder suspect who has been in a gunfight with a police officer. The suspect was struck by a bullet in the arm; his median nerve has been damaged. Which of the following symptoms is likely produced by this nerve damage?
Injury to the median nerve produces the ape hand (a hand with the thumb permanently extended). Nerve injured Effect Median nerve Ape hand (a hand with the thumb permanently extended) Radial nerve Wrist drop Upper trunk of the brachial plexus Waiter's tip hand/Policeman tip hand Ulnar nerve Claw hand and flattening of the hypothenar eminence or atrophy of the hypothenar muscles
Waiter's tip hand
Claw hand
Wrist drop
Ape hand
Nerve supply, Nerve Lesions