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Descriptor English: Ulnar Nerve
Descriptor Spanish: Nervio Cubital
Descriptor nervio cubital
Entry term(s) nervio ulnar
Scope note: Importante nervio de las extremidades superiores. En los seres humanos las fibras del nervio ulnar o cubital se originan en la médula espinal cervical inferior y en la torácica superior (usualmente de C7 a T1), viajan a través del cordón medial del plexo braquial y proporcionan inervación sensitiva y motora a partes de la mano y el antebrazo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Nervo Ulnar
Descriptor French: Nerf ulnaire
Entry term(s): Nerve, Ulnar
Nerves, Ulnar
Ulnar Nerves
Tree number(s): A08.800.800.720.050.850
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014459
Scope note: A major nerve of the upper extremity. In humans, the fibers of the ulnar nerve originate in the lower cervical and upper thoracic spinal cord (usually C7 to T1), travel via the medial cord of the brachial plexus, and supply sensory and motor innervation to parts of the hand and forearm.
Annotation: dis = ULNAR NEUROPATHY; neopl = ULNAR NEUROPATHY (IM) + PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 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: 14858
Unique ID: D014459
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/03
Ulnar Nerve - Preferred
Concept UI M0022229
Scope note A major nerve of the upper extremity. In humans, the fibers of the ulnar nerve originate in the lower cervical and upper thoracic spinal cord (usually C7 to T1), travel via the medial cord of the brachial plexus, and supply sensory and motor innervation to parts of the hand and forearm.
Preferred term Ulnar Nerve
Entry term(s) Nerve, Ulnar
Nerves, Ulnar
Ulnar Nerves



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