DORSAL SCAPULAR NERVE

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SUMMARY

1. Arises from the C5 root of the brachial plexus.
 2. Pierces the SCALENUS MEDIUS and continues deep to the LEVATOR SCAPULAE & RHOMBOIDS.
3. Supplies the LEVATOR SCAPULAE (elevates the scapula) & RHOMBOIDS (pull the scapula towards the spine).
4. Accompanied by the dorsal scapular artery.
5. Injury (rare) causes deviation of scapula from the midline and inability to elevate the scapula. 
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Image: Henry Vandyke Carter [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons [Accessed 25 May 2019].


Reference(s)

R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.