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Descriptor English: Radial Nerve
Descriptor Spanish: Nervio Radial
Descriptor nervio radial
Scope note: Nervio importante de la extremidad superior. En los seres humanos las fibras del nervio radial se originan en niveles cervicales bajos y dorsales altos de la médula espinal (generalmente de C5 a T1), discurren por el cordón posterior del plexo braquial y proporcionan inervación a los músculos extensores del brazo y fibras sensitivas cutáneas a las zonas extensoras del brazo y la mano.
Descriptor Portuguese: Nervo Radial
Descriptor French: Nerf radial
Entry term(s): Nerve, Radial
Nerves, Radial
Radial Nerves
Tree number(s): A08.800.800.720.050.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011826
Scope note: A major nerve of the upper extremity. In humans the fibers of the radial nerve originate in the lower cervical and upper thoracic spinal cord (usually C5 to T1), travel via the posterior cord of the brachial plexus, and supply motor innervation to extensor muscles of the arm and cutaneous sensory fibers to extensor regions of the arm and hand.
Annotation: dis = RADIAL NEUROPATHY; neopl = RADIAL NEUROPATHY (IM) + PERIPHERAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) + histol type of neopl (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 12265
Unique ID: D011826
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2001/07/25
Radial Nerve - Preferred
Concept UI M0018374
Scope note A major nerve of the upper extremity. In humans the fibers of the radial nerve originate in the lower cervical and upper thoracic spinal cord (usually C5 to T1), travel via the posterior cord of the brachial plexus, and supply motor innervation to extensor muscles of the arm and cutaneous sensory fibers to extensor regions of the arm and hand.
Preferred term Radial Nerve
Entry term(s) Nerve, Radial
Nerves, Radial
Radial Nerves



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