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===Variation=== Traditionally, the axillary nerve is thought to only supply the [[Deltoid muscle|deltoid]] and [[Teres minor muscle|teres minor]]. However, several studies on [[cadaver]]s pointed out that the long head of [[triceps brachii]] is innervated by a branch of the axillary nerve.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rezzouk|first1=J|last2=Durandeau|first2=A|last3=Vital|first3=JM|last4=Fabre|first4=T|title=Long head of the triceps brachii in axillary nerve injury: anatomy and clinical aspects|journal=Revue de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Réparatrice de l'Appareil Moteur|date=October 2002|volume=88|issue=6|pages=561–564|pmid=12447125}}</ref><ref name="seze">{{cite journal|vauthors=de Sèze MP, Rezzouk J, de Sèze M, Uzel M, Lavignolle B, Midy D, Durandeau A | title = Does the motor branch of the long head of the triceps brachii arise from the radial nerve?| journal = Surg Radiol Anat | volume = 26 | issue = 6 | pages = 459–461 | year = 2004 | pmid = 15365769| doi = 10.1007/s00276-004-0253-z| s2cid = 10052988}}</ref><ref><!--This is before Pulsus journals were acquired by OMICS, this is not a predatory source-->{{cite journal|last1=Komala|first1=Nanjundaiah|last2=Shashanka|first2=MallasandraJayadevaiah|last3=Sheshgiri|first3=Chowdapurkar|title=Long head of triceps supplied by axillary nerve|journal=International Journal of Anatomical Variations|date=16 April 2012|volume=5|pages=35–37|url=https://www.pulsus.com/scholarly-articles/long-head-of-triceps-supplied-by-axillary-nerve.html|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref>
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