====== Axillary nerve ======


The axillary nerve or the [[circumflex nerve]] is a [[nerve]], 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.

Yoon JS, Park JH, Levin J, Roh EY, Park HJ, Won SJ. Ultrasonographic
Measurement of The Cross-Sectional Area of The Axillary Nerve. Muscle Nerve. 2019
Mar 30. doi: 10.1002/mus.26480. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30927449.

see [[Axillary nerve palsy]].

see [[Radial nerve to axillary nerve transfer]].

===== Muscles =====

● ↯ [[teres minor muscle]]

● ↯ deltoid

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