Posterior brachial cutaneous nerve
Nervus cutaneus posterior brachii
- Latin synonym: Nervus cutaneus brachii posterior
- Synonym: Posterior cutaneous nerve of arm
- Related terms: Posterior cutaneous nerve of arm; Posterior brachial cutaneous nerve; Posterior cutaneous nerve of arm; Posterior brachial cutaneous nerve (Radial nerve)
Definition
The Posterior cutaneous nerve of arm (Posterior brachial cutaneous nerve ; n. cutaneus brachii posterior; internal cutaneous branch of musculospiral) arises in the axilla, with the medial muscular branch. It is of small size, and passes through the axilla to the medial side of the area supplying the skin on its dorsal surface nearly as far as the olecranon. In its course it crosses behind, and communicates with, the intercostobrachia
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