Difference between anterior branch and posterior branch of axillary nerve
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Difference between anterior branch and posterior branch of axillary nerve
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Anterior branch of axillary nerve |
posterior branch of axillary nerve |
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· The anterior branch (upper branch) winds around the surgical neck of the humerus beneath the deltoid muscle, with the posterior humeral circumflex vessels. It continues as far as the anterior border of the deltoid to provide motor innervation. The anterior branch also gives off a few small cutaneous branches, which pierce the muscle and supply in the overlaying skin. · .
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The posterior branch (lower branch) supplies the teres minor and the posterior part of the deltoid The posterior branch pierces the deep fascia and continues as the superior (or upper) lateral cutaneous nerve of arm, which sweeps around the posterior border of the deltoid and supplies the skin over the lower two-thirds of the posterior part of this muscle, as well as that covering the long head of the triceps brachii |
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