Thoracodorsal nerve

Nerve: Thoracodorsal nerve
Plan of brachial plexus. (Label for thoracodorsal nerve at bottom center.)
Latissimus dorsi
Latin	nervus thoracodorsalis
Gray's	subject #210 934
From	posterior cord (C6-C8)
Dorlands / Elsevier	n_05/12566921

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

The thoracodorsal nerve (middle or long subscapular nerve), a branch of the posterior cord of the brachial 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.

Additional images

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  Brachial plexus

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  The right brachial plexus (infraclavicular portion) in the axillary fossa; viewed from below and in front.

External links

• Thoracodorsal+nerve at eMedicine Dictionary
• SUNY Figs 05:03-10 - "The major subdivisions and terminal nerves of the brachial plexus."

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