Definition of Musculospiral nerve

1. Noun. Largest branch of the brachial plexus; extends down the humerus to the lateral epicondyle where it divides into one branch that goes to the skin on the back of the hand and another that goes to the underlying extensor muscles.

Exact synonyms: Nervus Radialis, Radial Nerve
Generic synonyms: Nerve, Nervus

Medical Definition of Musculospiral nerve

1. A major nerve of the upper extremity. In humans the fibres of the radial nerve originate in the lower cervical and upper thoracic spinal cord (usually c5 to t1), travel via the posterior cord of the brachial plexus, and supply motor innervation to extensor muscles of the arm and cutaneous sensory fibres to extensor regions of the arm and hand. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Musculospiral Nerve

musculocutaneous nerve of leg
musculomembranous
musculophrenic
musculophrenic artery
musculophrenic vein
musculophrenic veins
musculosity
musculoskeletal
musculoskeletal diseases
musculoskeletal physiology
musculoskeletal system
musculoskeletally
musculospiral
musculospiral groove
musculospiral nerve (current term)
musculospiral paralysis
musculotendinous
musculotendinous cuff
musculotropic
musculotropics
musculotubal canal
musculous
musculus
musculus abductor digiti minimi manus
musculus abductor digiti minimi pedis
musculus abductor digiti quinti
musculus abductor hallucis
musculus abductor pollicis
musculus abductor pollicis brevis

Literary usage of Musculospiral nerve

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Treatment of fractures: With Notes Upon a Few Common Dislocations by Charles Locke Scudder (1915)
"It is a lesion that is overlooked, Fig. 146.—Relations of musculospiral nerve on outer side of arm (from dissected specimen): a, ..."

2. Diseases of the nervous system by Smith Ely Jelliffe, William Alanson White (1917)
"Radial or musculospiral nerve.—This is preeminently the nerve of extension of the arm and is more frequently involved than any other nerve of the arm. ..."

3. Surgical and mechanical treatment of peripheral nerves by Byron Stookey, Gotthelf Carl Huber (1922)
"The musculospiral nerve, the direct continuation of the dorsal cord of the ... The musculospiral nerve supplies the primitive dorsal musculature of the ..."

4. A Handbook of Medical Diagnosis: For the Use of Practitioners and Students by James Cornelius Wilson (1915)
"THE musculospiral nerve. This nerve is the largest branch of the brachial plexus. ... The musculospiral nerve, and its main branch, the radial, ..."

5. Röntgen Ray Diagnosis and Therapy by Carl Beck (1904)
"DIASTASIS OF FRAGMENTS CAUSING PRESSURE UPON THE musculospiral nerve. procedure must be resorted to. Prominent bone portions which offer an obstacle to ..."

6. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1900)
"The musculospiral nerve may be compressed near its entrance into the groove of the ... I have seen pressure palsy of the musculospiral nerve in which the ..."

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