MasteringA&P with Pearson eText -- ValuePack Access Card -- for Human Anatomy

9th Edition

ISBN: 9780134292335

Author: Frederic H. Martini, Robert B. Tallitsch, Judi L. Nath

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 14, Problem 13RFT

The brachial plexus

(a) innervates the shoulder girdle and the upper extremity.

(b) is formed from the ventral rami of spinal nerves $$.

(c) is the source of the musculocutaneous, radial, median, and ulnar nerves.

(d) all of the above

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Solution Summary: The author explains that the brachial plexus is made up of a complex system of nerves that begins from the ventral rami part of the spinal nerve.

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