Anatom3DSuperior subscapular nerve
Nervus subscapularis superior · Horní podlopatkový nerv
Nervous system
Looks like
A short branch of the posterior cord entering the upper part of subscapularis.
What it does
Moves the upper subscapularis, a rotator cuff muscle that turns the arm inward.
Keeping it well
Rarely injured alone; relevant in shoulder 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