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-the brachial plexus is a network of nerves formed by the ‘anterior rami’ of the lower 4 cervical nerves and 1st thoracic nerve (C5, C6, C7, C8, and T1)-
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(this plexus extends from the ‘spinal cord’, through the ‘cervicoaxillary canal’ in the neck, over the ‘first rib’, and into the ‘armpit’)
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(it supplies ‘afferent’ + ‘efferent’ nerve fibers to the…)
‘chest’
‘shoulder’
‘arm’
‘hand’
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‘brachial’ –> pertaining to the ‘arm’
‘plexus’ –> branching network of ‘vessels’ or ‘nerves’
‘afferent’ –> ‘arrive at’
‘efferent’ –> ‘exit from’
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