Anatom3DThoracodorsal nerve
Nervus thoracodorsalis · Hrudozádový nerv
Nervous system
Looks like
A branch of the posterior cord running down the back wall of the armpit with the thoracodorsal vessels.
What it does
Moves latissimus dorsi, the broad back muscle that pulls the arm down and back.
Keeping it well
At risk in armpit lymph node surgery; surgeons use the muscle with this nerve for breast reconstruction flaps.
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