Meaning & use
Musculocutaneous
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Relating to both the muscles and the skin, especially describing a nerve or blood vessel that supplies both.
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Damage to the musculocutaneous nerve can weaken the biceps and cause numbness on the outer forearm.
The surgeon carefully mapped the musculocutaneous branches before beginning the procedure.
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The musculocutaneous nerve, one of the major nerves of the arm, arises from the brachial plexus and supplies the muscles that flex the elbow.
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