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Preferred Name

Axillary Nerve
Synonyms

Axillary Nerve

Definitions

A nerve originated from the posterior cord of the brachial plexus within the axilla then passing through the quadrangular space to innervate the deltoid and teres minor muscles and terminating as the superior lateral brachial cutaneous nerve.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C52817

code

C52817

DEFINITION

A nerve originated from the posterior cord of the brachial plexus within the axilla then passing through the quadrangular space to innervate the deltoid and teres minor muscles and terminating as the superior lateral brachial cutaneous nerve.

FULL_SYN

Axillary Nerve

label

Axillary Nerve

Legacy Concept Name

Axillary_Nerve

Preferred_Name

Axillary Nerve

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C52817

Semantic_Type

Anatomical Structure

UMLS_CUI

C0228885

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12768

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