Thoracodorsal nerve 3149805 182490991 2008-01-06T08:02:51Z Arcadian 104523 Latissimus dorsi muscle {{Infobox Nerve | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = nervus thoracodorsalis | GraySubject = 210 | GrayPage = 934 | Image = Gray807.png | Caption = Plan of [[brachial plexus]]. (Label for thoracodorsal nerve at bottom center.) | Image2 = Latissimus_dorsi.png | Caption2 = Latissimus dorsi | Innervates = [[Latissimus dorsi muscle]] | BranchFrom = [[posterior cord]] (C6-C8) | BranchTo = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = n_05 | DorlandsSuf = 12566921 | }} 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== <gallery> Image:Brachial plexus.svg|Brachial plexus Image:Gray809.png|The right brachial plexus (infraclavicular portion) in the axillary fossa; viewed from below and in front. </gallery> ==External links== * {{eMedicineDictionary|Thoracodorsal+nerve}} * {{SUNYAnatomyFigs|05|03|10}} - "The major subdivisions and terminal nerves of the brachial plexus." {{Gray's}} {{neuroscience-stub}} {{Brachial plexus}} [[de:Nervus thoracodorsalis]]