During my first year as a medical student, however, I stood over a cadaver and learned about the eponymous lymph, artery and vein, contained within, plus parts of the brachial nerve plexus.

Brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD), a measurement of blood vessel function in the upper arm, decreased as tobacco smoke exposure levels increased among participants.

Researchers used high-resolution ultrasound to measure carotid and aortic arterial wall thickness and brachial artery FMD.