brachial plexus

Preferred Label : brachial plexus;

RADLEX synonyms : brach plex;

Definition : The large network of nerve fibers which distributes the innervation of the upper extremity. The brachial plexus extends from the neck into the axilla. In humans, the nerves of the plexus usually originate from the lower cervical and the first thoracic spinal cord segments (C5-C8 and T1), but variations are not uncommon. [MeSH];

UMLS CUI (RADLEX) : C0006090;

Source : Playbook;

Details

Origin ID

RID7202;

UMLS CUI

C0006090;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Brachial plexus [LOINC part]
FMA entity(ies)
- Brachial nerve plexus [FMA entity]
Has part(s)
- cord of brachial nerve plexus [Radlex concept]
- infraclavicular part of brachial nerve plexus [Radlex concept]
- lateral cord of brachial nerve plexus [Radlex concept]
- medial cord of brachial nerve plexus [Radlex concept]
- posterior cord of brachial nerve plexus [Radlex concept]
- root of brachial plexus [Radlex concept]
- supraclavicular part of brachial nerve plexus [Radlex concept]
- trunk of brachial nerve plexus [Radlex concept]
LOINC exact mapping
- Brachial plexus [LOINC part]
Member of
- set of nerve plexuses [Radlex concept]
Part of
- set of nerve plexuses [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Brachial Plexus [NCIt concept]
- Brachial nerve plexus [FMA entity]
- Brachial plexus [LOINC part]
- Brachial plexus structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- brachial nerve plexus [UBERON concept]
- brachial plexus [MeSH Descriptor]
- brachial plexus [MeSH concept]
- brachial plexus, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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