Lockdown Anatomy with Prof Alice Roberts #8: Nerves of the Upper Limb

Let’s wrap up the upper limb with an exploration of its main nerves - emerging up in the neck and flowing down towards the arm, forming a drawn-out network called the brachial plexus - supplying muscles and sensation to the skin, all the way to the fingertips.

[@johnbarnes6568]

A mesmerising incredible journey through the body, I'm almost certain that Alice's voice has the power to take the stress out of anyone's day.

[@Maker_of_Things]

Thank you for these anatomy videos, I am really enjoying watching and learning from them. Looking forward to the lower limbs.

[@marktuen-matthews6292]

Thank you Alice. I'm getting addicted to these videos.

[@lorenasammartino5590]

Thank you for all this! 3D images and your voice were amazing.

[@AR-fy2qo]

These are very addictive to watch! Superbly concise. Thank you.

[@rahahlaaissa3588]

Thank you so much doctor for this great free content its so helpful! 🙏

[@classicmusicalworld6332]

Excellent , precise and more understandable.
To be honest I liked that.

[@adultingdilemmas6535]

this was really helpful , especially for revision . thanks !

[@benstagdospain]

Alice explains something so complicated very eloquently. Evolution is amazing

[@Yaghistan_dawar]

Everything is explained very clearly and easily...
Hats off to this brilliant effort

[@denisameirosu2815]

Thank you sooo much! You do an amazing job!!

[@mohannedabudaia4829]

Thank you very much , it really was fantastically helpful 👍

[@ivanaustin8277]

Thanks Professor Roberts! Great content! Greetings from Panama.

[@aliceroberts4107]

Hi Ivan! Hope you enjoyed the video. Hello from Somerset in the southwest of the UK!

[@huzaifa-d1142]

everything summed up so well thank you madam

[@samueljupudi]

Best video of the upper limb nerves EVER for a quick revision! (Junior doc here)

[@noapple5455]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@beautyofislam4039]

best video , thanku so much

[@iwanturasenganmaselv4456]

this is so helpful thank you

[@paulneeds]

Very interesting. I’ve a spinal cord injury at C5/6 (central cord syndrome) which affects the roots of some of the nerves discussed, as well as those supplying body parts and sensation further south.
In my hands, it mostly seems to affect the underside, both pain (hypersensitivity) and dexterity wise.
What is incredible is just how much sensation, especially that of touch, that the nervous system has, when not calmed down by the spinal cord loop that seems to say ‘that’s ok, don’t worry about it’! The detail available from just touching something is phenomenal!

[@johnshim7945]

Thank you for the amazing video

[@paulmontgomery6257]

Brilliant - thank you. It brings back some “interesting” memories of a bicep area crush injury and the amazing work done by surgeons an physios to get as much movement back to my hand as possible. I now find that part of the body fascinating...

[@vinsonshinabery8632]

Outstanding!

[@sudeeptalapatra3982]

Wonderful innovative lecture ma'am, thank you from this side also

[@michaelkyriacou7026]

Amazing ,thanks again Alice,love always!!! :)

[@nml1930]

Amazing! Thank you!

[@ethelyawson7332]

Thank you

[@talhafarzeen6828]

This was awesome vidio, it helped me to understand neural anat,
Thank u

[@huxrobz9099]

Thanks so much

[@tarunchak5876]

Ma'am u are great explainer

[@dr.chetan4896]

Tha ks a lot ..
You are great...

[@sajjadkhan9710]

Great, thanks for sharing.👍

[@susiestockton-link3902]

Ah-ha! [excuse me, chaps: girl talk...]. This has brought home forcefully why I now - aged 65 - can't wear ordinary bra straps any more. Sciatica as soon as I do. 50 years have left an indent in my shoulders, RIGHT where those nerves are.. Thanks, Alice!

[@karstenramcke6637]

Thank you very much, did. Not know how complex the Human Boys is

[@MortimerCat77]

I will be playing this video to the family at Christmas when I get the annoying Trivial Pursuit question that claims the funny bone is the humerus.

[@DaveCurran]

Speaking as an engineer rather than a biologist, it's very interesting looking at a design which seems to have evolved over time. When do we think it last changed, and when do with think it will change again, or has that stopped since we began to adapt our environment to suit us rather that the other way around?

[@aliceroberts4107]

Dave Curran We’re still evolving - though slowly. You might like this! www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=the+incredible+unlikeliness+of+being&adgrpid=58673384572&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIt7SWnKXu6gIVRevtCh0CfA40EAAYASAAEgIGePD_BwE&hvadid=259130271064&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9046454&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=16387434202645453925&hvtargid=kwd-298191814501&hydadcr=3448_1824984&tag=hydrukspg-21&ref=pd_sl_6xwy69t901_e

[@offlineyamatoshi2887]

I’ll PULL the funniest prank on my homie now thanks 😂

[@aseelmuntazar7]

You are amazing

[@Sinusrhythm]

great presentation...

[@introvert3786]

Hey Queen!
You dropped something: 👑

[@introvert3786]

Just fantastic. Thanks ma'am
From Pakistan🇵🇰

[@amjadsawah9596]

Amaaaaaazing presentation

[@ishikaraghav1977]

Thankyou for this excellent explaination mam it would be really helpful if you could provide notes of all the things that you have discussed

[@game_441]

Thank you maam

[@oshanapeiris9504]

Thank you madam
Its really helpful

[@Chizville]

Love love

[@omersharaf583]

The best ever

[@Cheeruppy6166]

was searching fot this

[@jamesrandall2009]

I love these videos of yours [that have began to appear in my notification thingy]. Thankyou.
Have you ever done an equivalent explanation of an ankle/foot joint on TH-cam?
The graphics are cool!
How do you do that (Mr or Mrs?) Skeleton?

[@Gujju_no_vat_6_bhai]

Hello maam
I am physical therapy student
I would like to see your detailed d’inscription video about the nerves and the branches.
You made is easy
Thank you so much

[@narjesalabadi6165]

Thank you
You are amazing ♥️🥹

[@bobfry5267]

At 69, it's enlightening to see where my twinges are coming from. Perhaps I should do a few more stretches. No chance of a repeat of the wonderful "Don't Die Young" series I suppose?

[@jimdunleavypiano]

I'm waiting for the lower back edition for the same reason!

[@pkjangid2403]

Watching from india (rajasthan)

[@maher_cr7alain163]

am not going to fail my anatomy test thanks to you :). if i may ask for the name of this program you are using would be even more helpful, thanks again

[@user-et5gc1iw3z]

Where l can find this program

[@RichardAPWoods]

So, thanks you you Professor, I know now that when I fell at Hughenden and virtually dislocated a shoulder saving myself it was the axiliary nerve that took the shock when I foolishly restored my own shoulder at great personal pain but grabbing it very hard with my others hand and applying force..... I also think it may have been to blame for an earlier injury referred to as Tennis Shoulder?

[@aliceroberts4107]

Richard Woods Ouch! Always best to leave a dislocated shoulder out until you can get medical attention - to avoid damaging that nerve. Hope it’s all better now!

[@yamg1992]

I suspect that, I have the so called "carpal tunnel syndrome" so that I feel burning and weakness in my right hand ist finger (thumb area), what should I do to relieve this symptoms?

[@yc5087]

Hi Alice, just wanted to clarify, you said the ulnar nerve goes from posterior to anterior at 8:16, but at 10:49 you say the radial nerve goes from posterior to anterior, which is the opposite of what the ulnar nerve does. Isn't it actually the same thing the ulnar nerve does?

[@sivasubash9573]

Which app are you using in tgis vedio?.

[@dr.ahmadyounis24]

Thanks Professor Alice please if you can summarize the lecture in a schema on one page in the end of the video. It will be helpful for the students.

[@aliceroberts4107]

Dr. Ahmad Younis That sounds like an excellent task for the students themselves - to consolidate their learning!

[@PIXYBASHER]

I've got trapped nerve at the moment, right from my shoulder into my neck. :-(

[@mominahameed611]

Amazing video it helped me overcome my fears of nerve supply. Would have been more easier if you had speaken a little bit loudly

[@MJ_academe]

الف رحمة ونور على والديج 😂

[@mustafabozoglan]

👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️

[@davidroach8277]

The funny bone.. the humerus...I get it now 😂👍

[@nabeelanjum347]

BBC..... I smiled immaturely🙃

[@messiona]

BBC whaaaa

[@pjw1016]

I was told I have cervical ribs at c7, my doctor said it was due to Neanderthal dna, was he yanking my chain or should I start shopping for fur shirts?

[@aliceroberts4107]

Patrick Welch Definitely pulling your leg! Cervical ribs are quite common - and are part of a wider phenomenon where segments in the spine shift a little north or south. Your lowest cervical vertebra “thought” it was a thoracic vertebra, so grew a rib. In the same way, a lower lumbar vertebra may be sacralised, or the first sacral segment may be lumbarised. The on/off “switches” are all chemical gradients across the developing embryo.

[@pjw1016]

Thanks for busting that myth! Looking forward to a lecture on the sciatic nerve and it’s sometimes troublesome pathway/s thru the piriformis muscle.

[@mirsadmemic5863]

Those 3f images are not wrigh

[@phonotical]

Got super quiet after the introduction =[

[@aliceroberts4107]

Phonotical Oh sorry - still trying to fix these transitions! Will try harder...

[@phonotical]

@@aliceroberts4107 sorry my friend

[@coprolite9000]

@@aliceroberts4107 I think you're using iMovie? If you are and you've not found it already, there's a rather well hidden automatic volume normalisation thingy.
Select the audio clip so it's outlined in orange, then above the playback pane to the top right there's a little speaker icon. Click that, then click 'Auto' for it to normalise volume for that particular clip. There's an extra volume slider there as well. The waveform in the audio clip should be only just peeking (and peaking) into orange, red being too loud.
This does feel like criticising Leonardo da Vinci by telling him his new painting is hung a bit off-kilter. These videos are so good!

[@Kingedmundtop7]

Thank you