Thoracodorsal nerve
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| Nerve: Thoracodorsal nerve | ||
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| Plan of brachial plexus. (Label for thoracodorsal nerve at bottom center.) | ||
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| Latissimus dorsi | ||
| Latin | nervus thoracodorsalis | |
| Gray's | subject #210 934 | |
| From | posterior cord (C6-C8) | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | n_05/12566921 | |
The thoracodorsal nerve (middle or long subscapular nerve), a branch of the posterior cord of the plexus, derives its fibers from the sixth, seventh, and eighth cervical nerves; it follows the course of the subscapular artery, along the posterior wall of the axilla to the Latissimus dorsi, in which it may be traced as far as the lower border of the muscle.
[edit] Additional images
 Brachial plexus |
 The right brachial plexus (infraclavicular portion) in the axillary fossa; viewed from below and in front. |
[edit] External links
- Dictionary at eMedicine Thoracodorsal+nerve
- SUNY Figs 05:03-10 - "The major subdivisions and terminal nerves of the brachial plexus."
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| Nerves of upper limbs (primarily): the brachial plexus |
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| supraclavicular: dorsal scapular - suprascapular - to the subclavius - long thoracic
infraclavicular: lateral cord: musculocutaneous (lateral cutaneous of forearm) - lateral pectoral - lateral head of median (anterior interosseous, palmar, common palmar digital, proper palmar digital) medial cord: medial pectoral - medial cutaneous of forearm - medial cutaneous of arm - ulnar (muscular branches, dorsal branch, palmar branch, superficial branch, deep branch) - medial head of median posterior cord: subscapular (upper, lower) - thoracodorsal - axillary (superior lateral cutaneous of arm) - radial (muscular, inferior lateral cutaneous of arm, posterior cutaneous of arm, posterior cutaneous of forearm, superficial branch, deep branch, posterior interosseous) |
