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Descriptor English: Cervical Plexus
Descriptor Spanish: Plexo Cervical
Descriptor plexo cervical
Scope note: Red de fibras nerviosas que se origina en los cuatro segmentos cervicales superiores de la MÉDULA ESPINAL. El plexo cervical distribuye nervios cutáneos a parte del cuello, los hombros, la parte posterior de la cabeza y fibras motoras hacia los músculos de la COLUMNA CERVICAL, los músculos infrahioideos y el DIAFRAGMA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Plexo Cervical
Descriptor French: Plexus cervical
Entry term(s): Plexus, Cervical
Tree number(s): A08.800.800.720.150
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002572
Scope note: A network of nerve fibers originating in the upper four CERVICAL SPINAL CORD segments. The cervical plexus distributes cutaneous nerves to parts of the neck, shoulders, and back of the head. It also distributes motor fibers to muscles of the cervical SPINAL COLUMN, infrahyoid muscles, and the DIAPHRAGM.
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
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Related: Cervical Plexus Block MeSH
DeCS ID: 2612
Unique ID: D002572
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2014/06/06
Cervical Plexus - Preferred
Concept UI M0003929
Scope note A network of nerve fibers originating in the upper four CERVICAL SPINAL CORD segments. The cervical plexus distributes cutaneous nerves to parts of the neck, shoulders, and back of the head. It also distributes motor fibers to muscles of the cervical SPINAL COLUMN, infrahyoid muscles, and the DIAPHRAGM.
Preferred term Cervical Plexus
Entry term(s) Plexus, Cervical



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