cervical plexus

Preferred Label : cervical plexus;

Definition : A network of nerve fibers originating in the upper four cervical spinal cord segments. The cervical plexus distributes cutaneous nerves to parts of the neck, shoulders, and back of the head, and motor fibers to muscles of the cervical spinal column, infrahyoid muscles, and the diaphragm. [MeSH];

UMLS CUI (RADLEX) : C0007854;

Details

Origin ID

RID7448;

UMLS CUI

C0007854;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Cervical nerve plexus [FMA entity]
- Cervical plexus [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Cervical plexus [ICHI extension code]
- Cervical plexus structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Entire cervical plexus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cervical nerve plexus [UBERON concept]
- cervical plexus [MeSH concept]
- cervical plexus [MeSH Descriptor]
- cervical plexus, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Continuous with
- spinal nerve [Radlex concept]
Has branch(es)
- lesser occipital nerve [Radlex concept]
- nerve of brachial plexus [Radlex concept]
- supraclavicular nerve [Radlex concept]
- transverse cervical nerve [Radlex concept]
Has part(s)
- deep cervical ansa [Radlex concept]
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)
- Cervical nerve plexus [FMA entity]
- Cervical plexus structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cervical plexus [MeSH Descriptor]
- cervical plexus [MeSH concept]
- cervical plexus, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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