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Lower subscapular nerve
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| Nerve: Lower subscapular nerve | ||
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| Plan of brachial plexus. (Label for lower subscapular nerve at bottom center.) | ||
| Gray's | subject #210 934 | |
| Innervates | Subscapularis, Teres major | |
| From | posterior cord | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | n_05/12566801 | |
The lower subscapular (inferior subscapular) supplies the lower part of the Subscapularis, and ends in the Teres major; the latter muscle is sometimes supplied by a separate branch. It consists of fibres from C5-6 spinal nerves, and branches off of the posterior cord of the brachial plexus.
 Brachial plexus |
 The right brachial plexus (infraclavicular portion) in the axillary fossa; viewed from below and in front. |
- subscapular+nerves at eMedicine Dictionary
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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) |
| Infraclavicular: 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 |
| Infraclavicular: 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) |
| Other | cutaneous innervation of the upper limbs |