long thoracic nerve
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long tho·rac·ic nerve
[TA]arises from the fifth, sixth, and seventh cervical nerves (roots of brachial plexus), descends the neck behind the brachial plexus, and is distributed to the serratus anterior muscle; it is somewhat unusual in that it courses on the superficial aspect of the muscle it supplies; its paralysis results in "winged scapula."
Synonym(s): nervus thoracicus longus [TA], Bell respiratory nerve, external respiratory nerve of Bell, posterior thoracic nerve
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long tho·rac·ic nerve
(lawng thōr-as'ik nĕrv) [TA]Arises from the fifth, sixth, and seventh cervical nerves (roots of brachial plexus), descends the neck behind the brachial plexus, and is distributed to the serratus anterior muscle; it is somewhat distinctive in that it courses on the superficial aspect of the muscle it supplies; its paralysis results in "winged scapula."
Synonym(s): nervus thoracicus longus [TA] .
Synonym(s): nervus thoracicus longus [TA] .
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Bell,
Sir Charles, Scottish surgeon, anatomist, and physiologist, 1774-1842.Bell law - the ventral spinal roots are motor, the dorsal are sensory. Synonym(s): Bell-Magendie law; Magendie law
Bell-Magendie law - Synonym(s): Bell law
Bell palsy - paresis or paralysis, usually unilateral, of the facial muscles, caused by dysfunction of the 7th cranial nerve. Synonym(s): peripheral facial paralysis
Bell phenomenon - upward movement of the eye on attempted eyelid closure in a patient with peripheral facial paralysis.
Bell respiratory nerve - Synonym(s): long thoracic nerve
Bell spasm - involuntary twitching of the facial muscles. Synonym(s): facial tic
external respiratory nerve of Bell - Synonym(s): long thoracic nerve
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