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 Volume 8, Issue 10 (October 2021), Pages: 26-28

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 Case Report

 Title: Musculocutaneous nerve as a branch from median nerve: A case report

 Author(s): Tahani Almatrafi *

 Affiliation(s):

 Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8098-2398

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2021.10.004

 Abstract:

The brachial plexus is the most variable part of the peripheral nervous system. The Musculocutaneous nerve is a terminal branch of the lateral cord of the brachial plexus in a normal individual. It is not uncommon for variations in the origin, branching termination, and connection patterns. During routine dissection in the Anatomy Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, we found the lateral cord after giving a small branch to the coracobrachialis muscle join the medial root of the medial cord to form the median nerve. Knowledge of these variations is essential for anatomists, orthopedics, neurologists, and anesthesiologists. 

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Brachial plexus, Musculocutaneous nerve, Variation, Median nerve

 Article History: Received 26 April 2021, Received in revised form 8 June 2021, Accepted 13 July 2021

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Almatrafi T (2021). Musculocutaneous nerve as a branch from median nerve: A case report. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 8(10): 26-28

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