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Nerve: Lateral cord
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Plan of brachial plexus. (Lateral cord is at top.)
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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