- Nerve to the subclavius
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Nerve: Nerve to the subclavius Plan of brachial plexus. (Nerve to subclavius labeled at top center.) The right brachial plexus with its short branches, viewed from in front. Latin nervus subclavius Gray's subject #210 933 Innervates subclavius muscle From C5–C6 of brachial plexus The nerve to the Subclavius (or subclavian nerve) is a small filament, which arises from the point of junction of the fifth and sixth cervical nerves.
It descends to the subclavius muscle in front of the third part of the subclavian artery and the lower trunk of the plexus, and is usually connected by a filament with the phrenic nerve.
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- subclavian+nerve at eMedicine Dictionary
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Nerves of upper limbs (primarily): the brachial plexus (C5–T1) (TA A14.2.03, GA 9.930) Supraclavicular Infraclavicular cutaneous: medial cutaneous of forearm · medial cutaneous of arm
ulnar: muscular · palmar · dorsal (dorsal digital nerves) · superficial (common palmar digital, proper palmar digital) · deep
median/medial root: see abovesubscapular (upper, lower) · thoracodorsal
axillary (superior lateral cutaneous of arm)
radial: muscular · cutaneous (posterior of arm, inferior lateral of arm, posterior of forearm) · superficial (dorsal digital nerves) · deep (posterior interosseous)Other Categories:- Neuroscience stubs
- Nerves of the upper limb
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