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Axillary nerve
nerve of the human body near the armpit / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The axillary nerve is a nerve in the armpit. It comes from the brachial plexus. It has nerve fibers from the C5 and C6 nerve roots. The axillary nerve goes through the quadrangular space. It is sometimes called the circumflex nerve.
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