Upper subscapular nerve

Nerve: Upper subscapular nerve

Plan of brachial plexus. (Label for upper subscapular nerve at bottom center.)
Gray's	subject #210 934
Innervates	subscapularis
From	posterior cord

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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This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

Nerves of upper limbs (primarily): the brachial plexus (C5–T1) (TA A14.2.03, GA 9.930)

Supraclavicular

root (dorsal scapular, long thoracic) · upper trunk (suprascapular, to the subclavius)

Infraclavicular

lateral cord	lateral pectoral musculocutaneous (lateral cutaneous of forearm) median/lateral root: anterior interosseous · palmar · recurrent · common palmar digital (proper palmar digital)

medial cord	medial pectoral 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 above

posterior cord	subscapular (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

cutaneous innervation of the upper limbs

M: PNS

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noco/auto/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(N1B)