Nerves · Nervous System · Medium

Thoracodorsal

Meaning: A nerve from the posterior cord of the brachial plexus that supplies the latissimus dorsi muscle.

In practice: The surgeon took care to preserve the thoracodorsal nerve during the axillary clearance.

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