Brachial_plexus_color.svg


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The brachial plexus with the courses of the spinal nerves shown in color. Based on an unpublished illustration by Jane Phillips-Conroy for the course Principles of Human Anatomy and Development (L48 4581) at Washington University in St. Louis .

Known discrepancies with Brachial plexus article:

  • Image does not show the following often-but-not-always contributions: C7 in ulnar nerve, C4 in dorsal scapular and subclavius nerves.
  • Image shows C5 in median nerve.
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This chart is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: colored in course of spinal nerves . The original can be viewed here: Brachial plexus.svg : . Modifications made by Mcstrother .

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This image is a derivative work of the following images:

  • File: Brachial plexus.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0-migrated, GFDL
    • 2009-12-26T03:11:11Z Mcstrother 982x403 (15162 Bytes) corrected spelling ("subclacius"-->"subclavius") and placement of subscapular nerve (arises from the superior trunk, not the ramus of C5)
    • 2007-03-14T04:13:44Z Selket 982x403 (19087 Bytes) small tweaks.
    • 2007-03-14T04:09:15Z Selket 982x403 (18536 Bytes) I created this image with inkscape based on the GFDL version at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Brachial_plexus. gif by Juliustang.

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A diagram of the branches of the brachial plexus, colour-coded by the spinal nerve roots contributing to each branch.

26 December 2009

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