Preferred Name | axillary nerve | |
Synonyms |
circumflex nerve auxillery nerve nervus axillaris circumflex humeral nerve |
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Definitions |
The axillary nerve is a nerve of the human body, that comes off the posterior cord of the brachial plexus at the level of the axilla (armpit) and carries nerve fibers from C5 and C6. The axillary nerve travels through the quadrangular space with the posterior circumflex humeral artery and vein. [WP,unvetted]. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001493 |
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database_cross_reference |
EMAPA:18802 NCIT:C52817 SCTID:181009006 UMLS:C0228885 Wikipedia:Axillary_nerve FMA:37072 MA:0001166 |
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depicted by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Brachial_plexus_2.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Brachial_plexus.jpg |
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has_exact_synonym |
circumflex humeral nerve |
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has_related_synonym |
circumflex nerve auxillery nerve nervus axillaris |
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hasOBONamespace |
uberon |
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id |
UBERON:0001493 |
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innervates | ||
inSubset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
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label |
axillary nerve |
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notation |
UBERON:0001493 |
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part_of | ||
prefLabel |
axillary nerve |
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RO_0002175 | ||
textual definition |
The axillary nerve is a nerve of the human body, that comes off the posterior cord of the brachial plexus at the level of the axilla (armpit) and carries nerve fibers from C5 and C6. The axillary nerve travels through the quadrangular space with the posterior circumflex humeral artery and vein. [WP,unvetted]. |
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