Lateral cord

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Dorlands /Elsevier f_03/12355977 FMA 45235		TA A14.2.03.021

From brachial plexus - anterior divisions from the upper and middle trunks To lateral pectoral nerve musculocutaneous nerve median nerve Latin fasciculus lateralis plexus brachialis

The lateral cord is a division of the brachial plexus. Cervical spinal nerves C5, C6, and C7 contribute to it.

The lateral cord gives rise to the following nerves:

The lateral pectoral nerve to the pectoralis major muscle

The musculocutaneous nerve which innervates the biceps muscle

The median nerve, partly. The other part comes from the medial cord.

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