Passageway through the neck and shoulder for the long thoracic nerve
Thecervicoaxillary canal is the passageway that extends between theneck and the upper extremities through which thelong thoracic nerve and other structures pass.[1][2][3][4]
Its structure is defined by being posteriorly bordered by thescapula, anteriorly by theclavicle, and medially by the first rib. The long thoracic nerve traverses this passageway in addition to axillary blood vessels and thebrachial plexus. This complex nerve network arises in the neck from the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth cervical roots, C5, C6, C7 and C8, together with the first thoracic root, T1. It then enters the canal in the axilla.[5][6]
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