Nerves · Nervous System · Medium
Subscapular
Meaning: Describing the upper and lower nerves from the posterior cord of the brachial plexus supplying the deep shoulder-blade muscle and teres major.
In practice: The lower subscapular nerve supplies teres major as well as part of subscapularis.
Word parts
- sub- means under
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Two questions on related nerves words.
Which word means: A nerve or branch supplying the back (dorsal) surface of a structure, such as the dorsal digital nerves.
Answer: Dorsal
Which word means: Describing the junction of the lower back and the pelvic spine, or the nerve network formed by the lowest spinal roots.
Answer: Lumbosacral
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