Axillary nerve
| Axillary nerve | |
|---|---|
Brachial plexus. (Axillary nerve is visible in gray near center.) | |
The suprascapular, axillary, and radial nerves. (Axillary labeled at upper right.) | |
| Details | |
| From | Posterior cord (C5, C6) |
| Innervates | Deltoid, teres minor |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | nervus axillaris |
| TA98 | A14.2.03.059 |
| TA2 | 6440 |
| FMA | 37072 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
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.