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Radial nerve

The radial nerve is a nerve in the human body that supplies the posterior portion of the upper limb. It innervates the medial and lateral heads of the triceps brachii muscle of the arm, as well as all 12 muscles in the posterior osteofascial compartment of the forearm and the associated joints and overlying skin.

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FMA
37069
From
Posterior cord
Innervates
Posterior compartment of the arm, posterior compartment of the forearm
Latin
nervus radialis
MeSH
D011826
TA2
6431

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Radial nerve

Nodes76
Edges75
Triples44
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026316
Components1

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Radial nerve

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related to Arm · 9
Radial nerve → After, C5, C8, From, In, It, T1, The, Then
related to External links · 6
Radial nerve → Axilla, Duke University Health System's, Michigan Health System, Orthopedics, Radial, University
related to Forearm and hand · 4
Radial nerve → At, In, It, The
related to Cutaneous · 3
Radial nerve → Cutaneous, Inferior, Posterior
related to Additional images · 2
Radial nerve → Cross, The
related to Injury · 2
Radial nerve → At, Injury
related to Motor · 2
Radial nerve → Muscular, Triceps
related to Structure · 2
Radial nerve → It, The
related to Variation · 2
Radial nerve → However, It
see also · 2
Radial nerve → Arcade, FrohseMuscular

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radial nerve posterior forearm hand arm branch deep motor triceps superficial sensory muscles back interosseous brachioradialis wrist lateral branches cutaneous

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Radial nerveFMA370691.00infobox
Radial nerveFromPosterior cord1.00infobox
Radial nerveInnervatesPosterior compartment of the arm, posterior compartment of the forearm1.00infobox
Radial nerveLatinnervus radialis1.00infobox
Radial nerveMeSHD0118261.00infobox
Radial nerveTA264311.00infobox
Radial nerveTA98A14.2.03.0491.00infobox
Radial nerveToPosterior interosseous nerve1.00infobox
Radial nerveis anerve in the human body that supplies the posterior portion of the upper limb0.90text
Radial nerverelated to Additional imagesThe0.60section
Radial nerverelated to Additional imagesCross0.60section
Radial nerverelated to ArmThe0.60section

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