What it means
The root in words about the arm, especially the upper arm. The brachial artery runs down the inside of the upper arm and is where a blood pressure is usually heard; the brachial pulse is checked in infants; the brachial plexus is the network of nerves that supplies the arm.
At a glance
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Related terms
blood pressure
The force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries, written as systolic over diastolic in mm Hg.
plexus
A network of nerves or blood vessels that branch and join together.