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A 45-year-old man is brought to the emergency department immediately after sustaining injuries to the right upper extremity during a motorcycle collision. On admission, physical examination shows a flaccid and insensate right upper extremity, and x-ray studies show no abnormalities. Follow-up nerve conduction studies 4 weeks later show preservation of sensory nerve action potentials and evidence of fibrillations and denervation in the motor action potentials from the paravertebral muscles, biceps, triceps, and deltoid. The nerve injury is most likely located at which of the following levels of the nerve?
A ) Anterior division
B ) C5 and C6 trunk
C ) Lateral cord
D ) Preganglionic root
E ) Subscapular nerve