dorsal scapular nerve
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dor·sal scap·u·lar nerve
[TA]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(s): nervus dorsalis scapulae [TA], dorsal nerve of scapula, nerve to rhomboid, posterior scapular nerve
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dor·sal scap·u·lar nerve
(dōr'săl skap'yū-lăr nĕrv) [TA]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(s): nervus dorsalis scapulae [TA] .
Synonym(s): nervus dorsalis scapulae [TA] .
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