Nerves: Proof that we are all different

Posted on Wed, 20 November 2013


 

A variation of the branching of the radial nerve

I have always reminded people of the very obvious fact that we are all different, nerve paths and sensitivity being no exception. Here’s an medical article based on a dissection that proves just how different we can be. Not for the squeamish as it is well illustrated!

” A rare and unreported variation in the branching pattern of the radial nerve was noted in the left sided axilla of an embalmed adult male cadaver during the regular gross anatomical dissection for undergraduate students. The radial nerve was having its origin from the posterior cord as a terminal branch and it split into anterior and posterior divisions. Branches of the radial nerve in the arm were given off from the posterior division and the anterior division continued as the main radial nerve with normal course and relations. “

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