circumflex nerve

circumflex nerve
circumflex nerve n AXILLARY NERVE

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a mixed sensory and motor nerve of the upper arm. It arises from the fifth and sixth cervical segments of the spinal cord and is distributed to the deltoid muscle of the shoulder and the overlying skin.

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nervus axillaris.

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