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Axillary Nerve

The axillary nerve arises from the posterior cord of the brachial plexus (C5 and C6) and enters the quadrangular space with the posterior circumflex humeral artery. It has branches that supply the shoulder joint, deltoid muscle, and skin over the lower part of the deltoid, as well as the teres minor muscle. The nerve terminates by dividing into anterior and posterior branches.

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Axillary Nerve

The axillary nerve arises from the posterior cord of the brachial plexus (C5 and C6) and enters the quadrangular space with the posterior circumflex humeral artery. It has branches that supply the shoulder joint, deltoid muscle, and skin over the lower part of the deltoid, as well as the teres minor muscle. The nerve terminates by dividing into anterior and posterior branches.

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Axillary Nerve

(C5, 6)
Axillary Nerve
 The axillary nerve arises from the posterior
cord of the brachial plexus (C5 and 6) in the
axilla

 It passes backward and enters the


quadrangular space with the posterior
circumflex humeral artery.
 As the nerve passes through the space,

 it comes into close relationship with the


inferior aspect of the capsule of the
shoulder joint
 and with the medial side of the surgical

neck of the humerus.


 It terminates by dividing into anterior and

posterior branches
Branches
 The axillary nerve has the following branches:

 An articular branch to the shoulder joint


 An anterior terminal branch, which
winds around the
 surgical neck of the humerus beneath the

deltoid muscle;
 it supplies the deltoid and the skin that

covers its lower part.


 A posterior terminal branch, which
gives off a branch to the teres minor
muscle and a few branches to the
deltoid,

then emerges from the posterior border of


the deltoid as
 the upper lateral cutaneous nerve of

the arm

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