radial nerve

radial nerve
radial nerve n a large nerve that arises from the posterior cord of the brachial plexus and passes spirally down the humerus to the front of the lateral epicondyle where it divides into a superficial branch distributed to the skin of the back of the hand and arm and a deep branch to the underlying extensor muscles called also musculospiral nerve, nervus radialis

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an important mixed sensory and motor nerve of the arm, forming the largest branch of the brachial plexus. It extends downwards behind the humerus, supplying muscles of the upper arm, to the elbow, which it supplies with branches, and then runs parallel with the radius. It supplies sensory branches to the base of the thumb and a small area of the back of the hand.

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nervus radialis.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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