Anatom3DSubclavian nerve
Nervus subclavius · Podklíčkový nerv
Nervous system
Looks like
A small branch of the superior trunk running down behind the collarbone.
What it does
Moves subclavius, a small muscle that steadies the collarbone; sometimes sends fibres to the phrenic nerve.
Keeping it well
Rarely injured; an accessory phrenic fibre can matter in neck 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