Editing Axillary nerve (section)

{{Short description|Nerve of the human body near the armpit}}
{{Infobox nerve
| Name        = Axillary nerve
| Latin       = nervus axillaris
| Image       = Brachial plexus 2.svg
| Caption     = Brachial plexus. (Axillary nerve is visible in gray near center.)
| Image2      = Gray818.png
| Caption2    = The [[suprascapular nerve|suprascapular]], axillary, and [[radial nerve]]s. (Axillary labeled at upper right.)
| Innervates  = [[deltoid muscle|Deltoid]], [[teres minor]]
| BranchFrom  = [[Posterior cord]] (C5, C6)
| BranchTo    =
}}
The '''axillary nerve''' or the '''circumflex nerve''' is a [[nerve]] of the human body, that originates from the [[brachial plexus]] ([[upper trunk]], [[Dorsal ramus of spinal nerve|posterior division]], [[posterior cord]]) at the level of the [[axilla]] (armpit) and carries [[Nerve|nerve fibers]] from [[Cervical spinal nerve 5|C5]] and [[Cervical spinal nerve 6|C6]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=Rea|first=Paul|title=Chapter 3 - Neck|date=2016-01-01|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B978012803633400003X|work=Essential Clinically Applied Anatomy of the Peripheral Nervous System in the Head and Neck|pages=131–183|editor-last=Rea|editor-first=Paul|publisher=Academic Press|language=en|doi=10.1016/b978-0-12-803633-4.00003-x|isbn=978-0-12-803633-4|access-date=2020-10-25|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Citation|last=Pezeshk|first=Parham|title=Chapter 13 - Imaging of Entrapped Peripheral Nerves|date=2015-01-01|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124103900000147|work=Nerves and Nerve Injuries|pages=167–171|editor-last=Tubbs|editor-first=R. Shane|place=San Diego|publisher=Academic Press|language=en|doi=10.1016/b978-0-12-410390-0.00014-7|isbn=978-0-12-410390-0|access-date=2020-10-25|editor2-last=Rizk|editor2-first=Elias|editor3-last=Shoja|editor3-first=Mohammadali M.|editor4-last=Loukas|editor4-first=Marios|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last1=Ryan|first1=Monique M.|title=Chapter 14 - Mononeuropathies|date=2015-01-01|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124170445000147|work=Neuromuscular Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence (Second Edition)|pages=243–273|editor-last=Darras|editor-first=Basil T.|place=San Diego|publisher=Academic Press|language=en|doi=10.1016/b978-0-12-417044-5.00014-7|isbn=978-0-12-417044-5|access-date=2020-10-25|last2=Jones|first2=H. Royden|author-link=Monique Ryan|editor2-last=Jones|editor2-first=H. Royden|editor3-last=Ryan|editor3-first=Monique M.|editor4-last=De Vivo|editor4-first=Darryl C.|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The axillary nerve travels through the [[quadrangular space]] with the [[posterior circumflex humeral artery]] and vein to innervate the [[Deltoid muscle|deltoid]] and [[Teres minor muscle|teres minor]].