Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System: Plexuses: Dorsal (Posterior) Scapular Nerve

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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System: Plexuses

Dorsal (Posterior) Scapular Nerve

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed

Instead of its usual location on the deep surface of the levator scapulae muscle, the nerve may pierce the muscle.

References

Dixon, A.F. (1896) Abnormal distribution of the nervus dorsalis scapulae and of certain intercostal nerves. J. Anat. Physiol. 30:209-210

Schaefer, E.A., Symington, J. and T.H. Bryce (1915) Quain's Anatomy, 11th ed., Longmans, Green, and Co., London.

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