Origin and distribution of the brachial plexus in two procyonids (procyon cancrivorus and nasua nasua, carnivora)

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In most carnivoran species, the brachial plexus originates from the ventral branches of the last three cervical spinal nerves and the first thoracic spinal nerve (C6-T1). The medial branch forms the abaxial dorsal digital nerve I and the common dorsal digital nerve I, and the lateral branch forms the common dorsal digital nerves II to IV in canids, mustelids, and ursids. In P. cancrivorus and N. nasua, the common dorsal digital nerves II and III originate from contributions of the lateral and medial branches of the superficial radial nerve. In P. cancrivorus, the . . .

 



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