Anatom3DSupraclavicular part of brachial plexus
Pars supraclavicularis plexus brachialis · Nadklíčková část pažní pleteně
Nervous system
Looks like
The upper part of the brachial plexus lying in the neck above the collarbone: its roots and trunks.
What it does
Gathers nerve roots from the neck and gives nerves to the shoulder blade and chest wall.
Keeping it well
A regional term. Motorcycle falls can tear it; nerve blocks for arm surgery are given here.
Its parts
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