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Descriptor English: Median Nerve
Descriptor Spanish: Nervio Mediano
Descriptor nervio mediano
Scope note: Nervio importante de la extremidad superior. En los seres humanos, las fibras del nervio mediano se originan en los segmentos cervicales bajos y dorsales altos de la médula espinal (generalmente de C6 a T1), discurren por el plexo braquial y suministran inervación sensitiva y motora a parte del antebrazo y la mano.
Descriptor Portuguese: Nervo Mediano
Descriptor French: Nerf médian
Entry term(s): Median Nerves
Nerve, Median
Nerves, Median
Tree number(s): A08.800.800.720.050.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008475
Scope note: A major nerve of the upper extremity. In humans, the fibers of the median nerve originate in the lower cervical and upper thoracic spinal cord (usually C6 to T1), travel via the brachial plexus, and supply sensory and motor innervation to parts of the forearm and hand.
Annotation: dis = MEDIAN NEUROPATHY (IM); neopl = MEDIAN 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
Related: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome MeSH
DeCS ID: 8644
Unique ID: D008475
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/03
Median Nerve - Preferred
Concept UI M0013191
Scope note A major nerve of the upper extremity. In humans, the fibers of the median nerve originate in the lower cervical and upper thoracic spinal cord (usually C6 to T1), travel via the brachial plexus, and supply sensory and motor innervation to parts of the forearm and hand.
Preferred term Median Nerve
Entry term(s) Median Nerves
Nerve, Median
Nerves, Median



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