Brachial Plexus Injury

Introduction[edit | edit source]

Brachial plexus is the network of nerves which runs through the cervical spine, neck,axilla and then into arm or it is a network of nerves passing through the cervico-axillary canal to reach axilla and innervates brachium (upper arm), antebrachium (forearm) and hand.It is a somatic nerve plexus formed by intercommunications among the ventral rami (roots) of the lower 4 cervical nerves (C5-C8) and the first thoracic nerve (T1).

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Clinical Anatomy[edit | edit source]

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