brachial plexus

English

Noun

brachial plexus (plural brachial plexuses)

1. (anatomy) A network of nerves formed by the anterior rami of the cervical nerves C5–C8 and first thoracic nerve (T1).
   • 2022, Percival Everett, Dr. No, Influx Press (2023), page 142:

     With the knuckles of my right hand I struck him in his brachial plexus.

Related terms

• cervical plexus

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: ضَفِيرَة عَضُدِيَّة f (ḍafīra(t) ʕaḍudiyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 臂神經叢／臂神经丛 (bìshénjīngcóng)

• Czech: pažní pleteň f
• Finnish: hartiapunos, olkahermopunos
• French: plexus brachial (fr) m
• German: Armgeflecht n
• Hungarian: karfonat
• Latin: plexus brachialis