National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Inferior Hypogastric Nerve Plexus

Synonyms

Inferior Hypogastric Nerve Plexus

Definitions

A series of nerves within the pelvis formed mostly by the extension of the hypogastric plexus and branches from the second, third and fourth sacral nerves. In males the inferior hypogastric nerve plexus is located on the sides of the rectum and in the female it is located on both the rectum and vagina.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C52721

code

C52721

DEFINITION

A series of nerves within the pelvis formed mostly by the extension of the hypogastric plexus and branches from the second, third and fourth sacral nerves. In males the inferior hypogastric nerve plexus is located on the sides of the rectum and in the female it is located on both the rectum and vagina.

FULL_SYN

Inferior Hypogastric Nerve Plexus

label

Inferior Hypogastric Nerve Plexus

Legacy Concept Name

Inferior_Hypogastric_Nerve_Plexus

Preferred_Name

Inferior Hypogastric Nerve Plexus

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C52721

Semantic_Type

Anatomical Structure

UMLS_CUI

C0205797

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C52831

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