Cervical spinal nerve 6

The cervical spinal nerve 6 (C6) is a spinal nerve of the cervical segment.^[1]

Cervical spinal nerve
The plan of the cervical and brachial plexuses.
The spinal cord with spinal nerves.
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Identifiers
Latin	nervi spinalis
FMA	6447
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

It originates from the spinal column from above the cervical vertebra 6 (C6).

The C6 nerve root shares a common branch from C5, and has a role in innervating many muscles of the rotator cuff and distal arm,^[2] including:

• Subclavius
• Supraspinatus
• Infraspinatus
• Biceps brachii
• Brachialis
• Deltoid
• Teres minor
• Brachioradialis
• Serratus anterior
• Subscapularis
• Pectoralis major
• Coracobrachialis
• Teres major
• Supinator
• Extensor carpi radialis longus
• Latissimus dorsi

Damage to the C6 motor neuron, by way of impingement, ischemia, trauma, or degeneration of nerve tissue, can cause denervation of one or more of the associated muscles. Muscle atrophy and other secondary complications can occur.

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  Cervical spinal nerve 6