The axilla

Illustration of the axilla dissection with the course of nerves and vascular structures.

Term name Layer
1 Cephalic vein Layer 1
2 Short head Layer 1
3 Subscapular nerves Layer 1
4 Subscapularis Layer 1
5 Intercostobrachial nerves Layer 1
6 Lateral cord Layer 1
7 Medial cord Layer 1
8 Long thoracic nerve Layer 1
9 Musculocutaneous nerve Layer 1
10 Medial cutaneous nerve of forearm; medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve Layer 1
11 Medial cutaneous nerve of arm; medial brachial cutaneous nerve Layer 1
12 Thoracodorsal nerve Layer 1
13 Ulnar nerve Layer 1
14 Median nerve Layer 1
15 Radial nerve Layer 1
16 Axillary nerve Layer 1
17 Deltoid Layer 1
18 Circumflex scapular artery Layer 1
19 Thoracodorsal artery Layer 1
20 Subscapular artery Layer 1
21 Lateral thoracic artery Layer 1
22 Acromial branch Layer 1
23 Pectoral branches Layer 1
24 Thoraco-acromial artery Layer 1
25 Posterior circumflex humeral artery Layer 1
26 Anterior circumflex humeral artery Layer 1
27 Profunda brachii artery; deep artery of arm Layer 1
28 Brachial artery Layer 1
29 Axillary artery Layer 1
30 Axillary vein Layer 1
31 Coracobrachialis Layer 1
32 Serratus anterior Layer 1
33 Latissimus dorsi Layer 1
34 Medial pectoral nerve Layer 1
35 Pectoralis major Layer 1
36 Pectoralis major Layer 1
37 Pectoralis minor Layer 1