@article{oai:niconurs.repo.nii.ac.jp:00001270,
 author = {Sekiya, Shin-ichi and Kurihara, Nozomi and Nambu, Hisao and Tajima, Yuko and Yamada, Tadasu K.},
 issue = {3},
 journal = {Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology},
 month = {Aug},
 note = {application/pdf, Journal Article, We dissected a Pacific white-sided dolphin and observed the brachial plexus morphology and nerve distribution of the flippers. The brachial plexus was formed by the union of the ventral rami of the lower six cervical nerves and the first thoracic nerve. These seven roots of the brachial plexus joined or continued alone to form four trunks on the right side and three trunks on the left side. All the trunks united to form a flattened nerve cord, which gave off many branches in the axilla and continued as the common fascicle of the median and ulnar nerves.
The phrenic and pectoral nerves gave a branch to the costo-coracoid muscle. Intrinsic muscles distal to the shoulder joint were not identified except for the long head of the triceps brachii. Therefore, it is conceivable that the median and ulnar nerves contained no motor nerve fibers. The median and ulnar nerves and the radial and ulnar nerves supplied the skin on the palmar and dorsal surfaces of the flipper, respectively. The spinal segmental constitution of branches of the brachial plexus of the dolphin were clarified for the first time.},
 pages = {141--153},
 title = {Gross Anatomy and Nerve Distribution of the Brachial Plexus in the Flippers of a Pacific White-sided Dolphin},
 volume = {46},
 year = {2020}
}