musculocutaneous nerve

musculocutaneous nerve
musculocutaneous nerve n
1) a large branch of the brachial plexus supplying various parts of the upper arm (as flexor muscles) and forearm (as the skin)
2) SUPERFICIAL PERONEAL NERVE

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a nerve of the brachial plexus that supplies some muscles of the arm and the skin of the lateral part of the forearm.

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nervus musculocutaneus.

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