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Plexus Brachial :

Parts of the brachial plexus:Really Thirsty? Drink Cold Beer

Roots, Trunks, Divisions, Cords, Branches

Terminal nerves of plexus:MARMU

Musculocutaneous, Axillary, Radial, Median, Ulnar

Muscles supplied by median nerve supply in hand:LOAF

Lumbricals (lateral), Opponens pollicis, Abductor pollicis brevis, Flexor pollicis brevis

Branches of Brachial Plexus Medial Cord:Money Makes Many Men Unhappy

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edial pectoral nerve,M

edial branch of median nerve,M

edial cutaneous nerve of arm,M

edialcutaneous nerve of forearm, Ulnar nerve

Rotator cuff muscles:SITS

Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres minor, Subscapularis

Cubital fossa (from medial to lateral):Madeline Browns Big Red Purse

Median nerve, Brachial artery, Radial nerve, Posterior interosseous nerve

Radial nerve innervates theBEST !

Brachioradialis, Extensors, Supinator, Triceps

Muscles that flex the elbow:Three B's Bend the elbow

Brachialis, Biceps, Brachioradialis

Carpal bones (lateral to medial):Some Lovers Try Positions That They Can't Handle

Proximal:Some Lovers Try Positions

Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetral, Pisiform

Distal:That They Can't Handle

Trapezium (Trapezium over the thumb), Trapezoid, Capitate, Hamate