The median nerve origins from the lateral and medial cords of the brachial plexus
The median nerve contains nerve fibres from the ventral rami of the spinal nerve roots C6-T1
Median nerve (M), lateral cord (LC), medial cord (MC), superior trunk (ST), middle trunk (MT), inferior trunk (IT), ventral rami of spinal nerve roots C5-T1 The orange colour of the median nerve can be tracked in the lateral and medial cords and the three trunks and the rami of C6-T1