spinal nerve plexus

Preferred Label : spinal nerve plexus;

Uberon definition : an intermingling of fiber fascicles from adjacent spinal nerves to form a network.;

Uberon synonym : somatic nerve plexus; plexus of spinal nerves;

Uberon Homology note : To reach the muscles, dermatomes, and other structures of the limbs, some of the neurons in the spinal nerves come together in the plexus at the base of the limb. Such plexuses occur in all gnathostomes, and they reach their highest complexity among mammals and birds in which the cervical plexus supplies many ventral neck muscles, the brachial plexus supplies the pectoral appendage, a lumbosacral plexus supplies the pelvic appendage, and a coccygeal plexus supplies some of the pelvic muscles.[well established][VHOG];

Details

Origin ID

0001813;

UMLS CUI

C0228603;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Somatic nerve plexus [FMA entity]
- Spinal Nerve Plexus [NCIt concept]
- Spinal nerve plexus [ICD-11 Extension code]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Somatic nerve plexus [FMA entity]
- Somatic nerve plexus structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Spinal Nerve Plexus [NCIt concept]
- Spinal nerve plexus, NOS [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- spinal nerve plexus, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Somatic nerve plexus [FMA entity]
- Spinal Nerve Plexus [NCIt concept]
- Spinal nerve plexus, NOS [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]

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