Medical Definition of Dorsal scapular nerve
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Arises from ventral primary rami of the fifth to seventh cervical nerves and passes downward to supply the levator scapulae and the rhomboideus major and minor muscles.
Synonym: nervus dorsalis scapulae, dorsal nerve of scapula, nerve to rhomboid, posterior scapular nerve.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dorsal Scapular Nerve
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