Medical Dictionary

posterior cord

noun

Medical Definition of POSTERIOR CORD

:  a cord of nerve tissue that is formed from the posterior divisions of the three trunks of the brachial plexus and that divides into the axillary and radial nerves—compare lateral cord, medial cord

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