Anatom3DLateral pectoral nerve
Nervus pectoralis lateralis · Zevní prsní nerv
Nervous system
Looks like
A branch of the lateral cord running forward to the underside of pectoralis major.
What it does
Moves the upper part of pectoralis major.
Keeping it well
Relevant in breast surgery; injury weakens the upper chest muscle.
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