RADIAL NERVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radial nerve mean? 

• RADIAL NERVE (noun)
  The noun RADIAL NERVE has 1 sense:

1. largest branch of the brachial plexus; extends down the humerus to the lateral epicondyle where it divides into one branch that goes to the skin on the back of the hand and another that goes to the underlying extensor muscles

  Familiarity information: RADIAL NERVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RADIAL NERVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Largest branch of the brachial plexus; extends down the humerus to the lateral epicondyle where it divides into one branch that goes to the skin on the back of the hand and another that goes to the underlying extensor muscles

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

musculospiral nerve; nervus radialis; radial nerve

Hypernyms ("radial nerve" is a kind of...):

nerve; nervus (any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body)