Lateral cord

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Nerve: Lateral cord
Plan of brachial plexus. (Lateral cord is at top.)
The right brachial plexus with its short branches, viewed from in front. The Sternomastoid and Trapezius muscles have been completely, the Omohyoid and Subclavius have been partially, removed; a piece has been sawed out of the clavicle; the Pectoralis muscles have been incised and reflected.
Latin	fasciculus lateralis plexus brachialis
Gray's	subject #210 933
From	brachial plexus - anterior divisions from the upper and middle trunks
To	lateral pectoral nerve musculocutaneous nerve median nerve
Dorlands/Elsevier	f_03/12355977

The Lateral cord is a division of the brachial plexus.

The lateral cord gives rise to the following nerves:

• The lateral pectoral nerve, C5, C6 and C7 to the pectoralis major muscle
• The musculocutaneous nerve which innervates the biceps muscle
• The median nerve, partly. The other part comes from the medial cord.

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Brachial plexus

supraclavicular: dorsal scapular - suprascapular - to the subclavius - long thoracic infraclavicular: lateral cord: musculocutaneous (lateral cutaneous of forearm) - lateral pectoral - lateral head of median medial cord: medial pectoral - medial cutaneous of forearm - medial cutaneous cutaneous of arm - ulnar (palmar branch - dorsal branch) - medial head of median posterior cord: upper subscapular - lower subscapular - thoracodorsal - axillary (superior lateral cutaneous of arm) - radial (muscular - posterior cutaneous of arm - posterior cutaneous of forearm - superficial branch - deep branch) median: anterior interosseous - palmar - proper palmar digital - common palmar digital