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Preferred Name

Sural Nerve
Synonyms

SURAL NERVE

NERVE, SURAL

Sural Nerve

Definitions

A peripheral nerve that runs close to the small saphenous vein. It supplies innervation to the skin of the lower back of the leg and sends a branch to the lateral side of the foot and little toe.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77675

ALT_DEFINITION

A minor branch of the sciatic nerve that includes the lateral and caudal sural nerves, which innervates the skin of the crus, tarsus and metatarsus.

code

C77675

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77529

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C74456

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

A peripheral nerve that runs close to the small saphenous vein. It supplies innervation to the skin of the lower back of the leg and sends a branch to the lateral side of the foot and little toe.

FULL_SYN

SURAL NERVE

NERVE, SURAL

Sural Nerve

label

Sural Nerve

Legacy Concept Name

Sural_Nerve

Preferred_Name

Sural Nerve

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C77675

Semantic_Type

Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

UMLS_CUI

C0038879

subClassOf

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

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