Upper subscapular nerve

Upper subscapular nerve

Plan of brachial plexus. (Label for upper subscapular nerve at bottom center.)
Details
From Posterior cord
Innervates Subscapularis
Identifiers
Latin Nervus subscapularis superior
Dorlands
/Elsevier
n_05/12566801
FMA 65304

Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The upper subscapular (short subscapular, superior subscapular) enters the upper part of the Subscapularis, and is frequently represented by two branches. It is derived from C5, C6 nerve fibers, and branches from the posterior cord of the brachial plexus.

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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