Anatom3DInferior subscapular nerve
Nervus subscapularis inferior · Dolní podlopatkový nerv
Nervous system
Looks like
A branch of the posterior cord running down on the front of the shoulder blade.
What it does
Moves the lower subscapularis and teres major, which turn the arm inward and pull it down.
Keeping it well
Rarely injured alone; relevant in shoulder and armpit surgery.
Related conditions
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Botulism
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Lyme disease
- Myasthenia gravis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Rabies
- Restless legs syndrome
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Shoulder dislocation
- Tetanus
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies