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Musculocutaneous nerve

The major end branch of the lateral cord, courses inferiorly within the anterior arm, supplying motor fibers to the arm muscles that flex the forearm (the biceps brachii and brachialis). Beyond the elbow it provides for cutaneous sensation of the lateral forearm.



07-14-2008 23:18:10
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