Nervous system & sense organs
Axillary nerve
Nervus axillaris
- System
- Nervous system & sense organs
- Regions
- Upper limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Branches of posterior cord of brachial plexus
DescriptionUnreviewed
The axillary nerve or the circumflex nerve is a nerve of the human body, that originates from the brachial plexus (upper trunk, posterior division, posterior cord) at the level of the axilla (armpit) and carries nerve fibers from C5 and C6.
The axillary nerve travels through the quadrangular space with the posterior circumflex humeral artery and vein to innervate the deltoid and teres minor.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Nervus axillaris
- English
- Axillary nerve
- French
- Nerf axillaire
- Spanish
- Nervio axilar
- Portuguese
- Nervo axilar