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Descriptor English: Musculocutaneous Nerve
Descriptor Spanish: Nervio Musculocutáneo
Descriptor nervio musculocutáneo
Scope note: Nervio importante de la extremidad superior. Las fibras del nervio musculocutáneo se originan en la médula espinal cervical baja (generalmente de C5 a C7), discurren por el cordón lateral del plexo braquial y proporcionan inervación tanto sensitiva como motora al brazo, el codo y el antebrazo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Nervo Musculocutâneo
Descriptor French: Nerf musculocutané
Entry term(s): Musculocutaneous Nerves
Nerve, Musculocutaneous
Nerves, Musculocutaneous
Tree number(s): A08.800.800.720.050.540
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009138
Scope note: A major nerve of the upper extremity. The fibers of the musculocutaneous nerve originate in the lower cervical spinal cord (usually C5 to C7), travel via the lateral cord of the brachial plexus, and supply sensory and motor innervation to the upper arm, elbow, and forearm.
Annotation: dis: coord IM with PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES (IM); neopl: coord IM with PERIPHERAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) + histol type of neopl
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: 9330
Unique ID: D009138
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/03
Musculocutaneous Nerve - Preferred
Concept UI M0014257
Scope note A major nerve of the upper extremity. The fibers of the musculocutaneous nerve originate in the lower cervical spinal cord (usually C5 to C7), travel via the lateral cord of the brachial plexus, and supply sensory and motor innervation to the upper arm, elbow, and forearm.
Preferred term Musculocutaneous Nerve
Entry term(s) Musculocutaneous Nerves
Nerve, Musculocutaneous
Nerves, Musculocutaneous



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