This section is from the book "The Horse - Its Treatment In Health And Disease", by J. Wortley Axe. Also available from Amazon: The Horse. Its Treatment In Health And Disease.
A long nerve situated beneath the scapula, and derived mainly from the root of the eighth cervical nerve, and to some extent also from the dorsal roots of the brachial plexus.
It crosses the subscapularis and teres major to gain the latissimus dorsi, where its fibres are expended.
 
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