brachial plexus
nounAnatomy.
a network of nerves in the armpits and neck, innervating the shoulders, arms, and hands.
Origin of brachial plexus
1First recorded in 1855–60
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How to use brachial plexus in a sentence
A case has been reported in which there was a total lesion of the brachial plexus, including the muscles of the shoulder girdle.
Pressure on the right brachial plexus causes shooting pain down the arm and muscular paresis on that side.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander MilesIn the course of the exudation and the contraction of the inflammatory exudate the brachial plexus is interfered with.
Psychotherapy | James J. WalshThe lowest cord of the brachial plexus lies immediately behind the artery, between it and the middle scalenus.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery | Joseph BellIn contusions of the lower part of the neck the cords of the brachial plexus may be injured.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. | Alexander Miles
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