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Brachial Plexus

Definition: Brachial Plexus

Brachial Plexus

Noun

1. A network of nerves formed by cervical and thoracic spinal nerves and supplying the arm and parts of the shoulder.

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Specialty Definitions: Brachial Plexus

DomainDefinitions

Health

The large network of nerve fibers which distributes the innervation of the upper extremity. The brachial plexus extends from the neck into the axilla. In humans, the nerves of the plexus usually originate from the lower cervical and the first thoracic spinal cord segments (C5-C8 and T1), but variations are not uncommon. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Brachial plexus

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The brachial plexus is an arrangement of nervous fibres (a plexus) running from the spine (vertebrae C5-T1), through the neck, the axilla (armpit region), and into the arm. All nerves of the arm stem from the brachial plexus (with the exception of the intercostobrachialis nerve which supplies an area of skin near the axilla). Therefore, lesions of the plexus can lead to severe functional impairment.


Diagram of the brachial plexus

The brachial plexus starts from the five ventral rami of the spinal nerves, these are the five roots. These roots merge to form three trunks.

Each trunk then splits to form an anterior and a posterior division. These six divisions will regroup to become the cords. The cords are named by their position in respect to the axillary artery.

From the cords come the nerves of the arm.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Brachial plexus."

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Synonym: Brachial Plexus

Synonym: plexus brachialis (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Brachial Plexus

English words defined with "brachial plexus": Erb-Duchenne paralysis, Erb's palsymusculospiral nervenervus radialisradial nervescalenus syndrome. (references)
Specialty definitions using "brachial plexus": brachial plexus avulsion, Brachial Plexus Neuritis, Brachial Plexus NeuropathiesMedian Nerve, Median Neuropathy, Musculocutaneous Nerve. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Brachial Plexus

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References

  • The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Brachial Plexus Injuries (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Brachial Plexus Injuries (reference)

  • Brachial Plexus Lesions: Drawings of Explorations and Reconstructions (reference)

  • Brachial Plexus Palsy (reference)

  • Plexus Anesthesia: Perivascular Techniques of Brachial Plexus Block (reference)

  • The Brachial Plexus, Volume 14: Hand and Upper (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Brachial Plexus

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Health

The site and type of brachial plexus injury determine the prognosis. (references)

The NINDS conducts and supports research on injuries to the nervous system such as brachial plexus injuries. (references)

Thoracic outlet syndrome consists of symptoms caused by compression of the nerves in the brachial plexus (nerves that pass into the arms from the neck) or blood vessels. (references)

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Expressions: Brachial Plexus

Expressions using "brachial plexus": brachial plexus avulsion Brachial Plexus Neuritis Brachial Plexus Neuropathies. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Brachial Plexus

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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Modern Translations: Brachial Plexus

Language Translations for "brachial plexus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

plexus brachialis. (various references)

   

French

  

plexus brachial. (various references)

   

German

  

Plexus brachialis. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βραχιόνιο πλέγμα. (various references)

   

Italian

  

plesso brachiale. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

achialbray exusplay

   

Portuguese

  

plexo braquial. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

plexo braquial. (various references)

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Misspellings: Brachial Plexus

Misspellings

"Brachial Plexus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: brachial plcxus. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Brachial Plexus

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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Alternative Orthography: Brachial Plexus


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 72 61 63 68 69 61 6C      50 6C 65 78 75 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01110010 01100001 01100011 01101000 01101001 01100001 01101100 00100000 01010000 01101100 01100101 01111000 01110101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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