Dorsal scapular nerve
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| Nerve: Dorsal scapular nerve | ||
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| The right brachial plexus with its short branches, viewed from in front. (Dorsalis scapulae labeled at left, second from top.) | ||
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| Latin | nervus dorsalis scapulae | |
| Gray's | subject #210 932 | |
| Innervates | rhomboid minor, rhomboid major, levator scapulae muscle|levator scapulae | |
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| MeSH | [1] | |
The dorsal scapular nerve arises from the brachial plexus, usually from the plexus root (anterior ramus) of C5.
It provides motor innervation to the rhomboid muscles, which pull the scapula towards the spine and levator scapulae muscle, which elevates the scapula.
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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) |
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