The cervical spinal nerve 8 (C8) is a spinal nerve of the cervical segment.^[1]

It originates from the spinal column from below the cervical vertebra 7 (C7).

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1. ^ American Medical Association Nervous System -- Groups of Nerves

v • d • e Nerves: spinal nerves (TA A14.2, GA 9.916) Cervical (8) C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8 anterior (Cervical plexus, Brachial plexus) - posterior (Posterior branches of cervical nerves, Suboccipital - C1, Greater occipital - C2, Third occipital - C3) Thoracic (12) T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12 anterior (Intercostal, Intercostobrachial - T2, Thoraco-abdominal nerves - T7-T11, Subcostal - T12) - posterior (Posterior branches of thoracic nerves) Lumbar (5) L1, L2, L3, L4, L5 anterior (Lumbar plexus, Lumbosacral trunk) · posterior (Posterior branches of the lumbar nerves, Superior cluneal L1-L3) Sacral (5) S1, S2, S3, S4, S5 anterior (Sacral plexus) · posterior (Posterior branches of sacral nerves, Medial cluneal nerves) Coccygeal (1) anterior (Coccygeal plexus) · posterior (Posterior branch of coccygeal nerve)

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