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nerve
(redirected from musculocutaneous nerve)

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nerve: see nervous system nervous system, network of specialized tissue that controls actions and reactions of the body and its adjustment to the environment. Virtually all members of the animal kingdom have at least a rudimentary nervous system.
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nerve
1. any of the cordlike bundles of fibres that conduct sensory or motor impulses between the brain or spinal cord and another part of the body
2. a large vein in a leaf
3. any of the veins of an insect's wing


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For example, the musculocutaneous nerve as it passes into the coracobrachialis muscle was once referred to as Casserius' perforating nerve.
If the biceps brachii muscle strength were normal, the computer would blacken the brachial plexus diagram from C5-6 through the musculocutaneous nerve.
 
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