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Cervical spinal nerve 5
Spinal nerve of the cervical segment / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The cervical spinal nerve 5 (C5) is a spinal nerve of the cervical segment.[1]
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Cervical spinal nerve | |
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![]() The plan of the cervical and brachial plexuses. | |
![]() The spinal cord with spinal nerves. | |
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Latin | nervi spinalis |
FMA | 6446 |
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It originates from the spinal column from above the cervical vertebra 5 (C5). It contributes to the phrenic nerve, long thoracic nerve, and dorsal scapular nerve before joining cervical spinal nerve 6 to form the upper trunk, a trunk of the brachial plexus, which then forms the lateral cord, and finally the musculocutaneous nerve.