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brachium
noun
The upper arm.
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Ischemic stroke of the right brachium pontis, corresponding to the trigeminal root entry zone.
Pain stimulation produced a significant increase in SCL and a significant decrease in BF at both the antebrachium and brachium.
a axial T2 W section of the posterior fossa shows atrophy of bilateral brachium pontis with hyperintense signal changes (white arrows).
a axial FLAIR image of the posterior fossa shows a hyperintense demyelinating lesion in the right brachium pontis (white dashed arrow).
Electrical stimulation was applied to the antebrachium or brachium of subjects to stimulate a pricking pain and skin blood flow (BF) and skin conductance level (SCL) at the finger-tip were measured.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a subacute infarction in the inferolateral part of the right cerebellar hemisphere and in the right brachium pontis, extending toward the lateral portion of the pontine tegmentum, involving the spinal trigeminal nucleus and tract, and the trigeminal entry zone (Fig. 1a c).
The posterior fibers emerged from the brachium of the SC and ran ventrolaterally around the caudal portion of the medial geniculate body (Figure 4A, C; AOT-SFP).
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Abbreviations: sc-scapula, br-brachium, ab-antebrachium, ma-manus; fe-femur, cr-crus, ps-pes.
Abbreviations: sc-scapula, br-brachium, ab-antebrachium, ma-manus; pe-pelvis, fe-femur, cr-crus, ps-pes.
Abbreviations: sc-scapula, br-brachium, ab-antebrachium, ma-manus; pe-pelvis, fe-femur, cr-crus, ps-pes; m-male, f-female.
Another reason is that they sometimes label brain regions that are more specific (e.g. 'brachium of the superior colliculus' was labeled, whereas the gold-standard only includes 'superior colliculus').
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