loading...| Preferred Name |
sciatic nerve |
| Synonyms |
ischiatic nerve ischiadic nerve nervus ischiadicus nervus sciaticus |
| Definitions |
A large nerve that supplies nearly the whole of the skin of the leg, the muscles of the back of the thigh, and those of the leg and foot. It begins in the lower back and runs through the buttock and down the lower limb. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001322 |
| database_cross_reference |
EMAPA:18577 UMLS:C0036394 MA:0001172 VHOG:0000894 SCTID:181050003 GAID:852 BTO:0001221 CALOHA:TS-0899 NCIT:C52810 MESH:D012584 EHDAA2:0001779 EHDAA:5659 Wikipedia:Sciatic_nerve EFO:0001417 BIRNLEX:1133 FMA:19034 |
| definition |
A large nerve that supplies nearly the whole of the skin of the leg, the muscles of the back of the thigh, and those of the leg and foot. It begins in the lower back and runs through the buttock and down the lower limb. |
| depicted by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Gray1244.png |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
ischiatic nerve ischiadic nerve nervus ischiadicus nervus sciaticus |
| id |
UBERON:0001322 |
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
| innervates | |
| label |
sciatic nerve |
| notation |
UBERON:0001322 |
| overlaps | |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
sciatic nerve |
| present_in_taxon | |
| treeView | |
| UBPROP_0000008 |
mouse sciatic nerve origins predominantly from the third lumbar (L3) and L4 spinal nerves, unlike the L4 and L5 in rats - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2700063/ |
| subClassOf |