loading...| Preferred Name |
nerve plexus |
| Synonyms |
plexus |
| Definitions |
Anatomical junction where subdivisions of two or more neural trees interconnect with one another to form a network through which nerve fibers of the constituent nerve trees become regrouped; together with other nerve plexuses, nerves and ganglia, it constitutes the peripheral nervous system. Examples: cervical nerve plexus, brachial nerve plexus, sacral nerve plexus[FMA]. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001810 |
| database_cross_reference |
AEO:0000138 EHDAA2:0003138 UMLS:C0501403 MA:0002407 BTO:0000205 EHDAA:3780 FMA:5901 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nervous_system_plexus http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12929 |
| external_ontology_notes |
in FMA this is a subtype of junction rather than tissue |
| has_broad_synonym |
plexus |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| id |
UBERON:0001810 |
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| label |
nerve plexus |
| notation |
UBERON:0001810 |
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| prefLabel |
nerve plexus |
| textual definition |
Anatomical junction where subdivisions of two or more neural trees interconnect with one another to form a network through which nerve fibers of the constituent nerve trees become regrouped; together with other nerve plexuses, nerves and ganglia, it constitutes the peripheral nervous system. Examples: cervical nerve plexus, brachial nerve plexus, sacral nerve plexus[FMA]. |
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