Preferred Label : brachial nerve plexus;
Uberon definition : An arrangement of nerve fibers, running from the spine where it proceeds through the
neck then the axilla and into the arm where it innervates skin and muscle. [WP,modified].;
Uberon synonym : brachial plexus;
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];
Origin ID : 0001814;
UMLS CUI : C0006090;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Uberon cross reference
- has branching part
- has part
- innervates
An arrangement of nerve fibers, running from the spine where it proceeds through the
neck then the axilla and into the arm where it innervates skin and muscle. [WP,modified].
