Brachial Plexus simple - Everything You Need To Know - Dr. Nabil Ebraheim

Dr. Ebraheim’s educational animated video describes the anatomy of the brachial plexus nerve in a very easy and simple animation.
There is a pneumonic often used to remember the brachial plexus anatomy:
Robert: roots
Turner: trunks
Drinks: divisions
Cold: cords
Beer: branches
The brachial plexus is like a tree that has roots trunk and divisions, let’s start with the basics:
The brachial plexus has 4 roots, starts from C5 to T1, so it’s: C5, C6, C7, C8, and T1.
The nerve roots of the brachial plexus line the interval between the anterior and middle scalene muscles.
After the roots you find the trunks:
The upper trunk
The middle trunk
The lower trunk
The three trunks pass through the posterior triangle of the neck, each of the three trunks divide into anterior and posterior divisions, these divisions pass behind the clavicle, so three trunks will give you six divisions.
Some of these divisions join to give you cords:
The posterior cord
The lateral cord
The medial cord
These cords are in the axilla.
Then we end up with the branches.
The brachial plexus is divided into parts:
Supraclavicular
Infraclavicular
Why is the brachial plexus divided like this:
• Supraclavicular injuries:
- Could have a bad prognosis such as with an avulsion of the nerve roots (preganglionic injury
).
• Infraclavicular injuries:
- Will have a better prognosis.

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[rodolfozach]

Dr Ebraheim, thank you. You are such a gift to us who look so forward to listening to you.

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hi Dr Nabil your videos are top range! I am enjoying them. thank you.

[Divyadoni]

this is really very useful for students

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[MissisChannel]

i have pseudomeningocele in brachial plexus. Had cord compression then spinal fusion in thoracic region fusing 2 discs. So wondering if the surgery or cord injury led to this pseudomeningocele which this helps me understand what the brachial plexus even is so thank you.