Preferred Name |
sciatic nerve |
Synonyms |
ischiatic nerve nervus sciaticus ischiadic nerve nervus ischiadicus |
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 |
VHOG:0000894 EMAPA:18577 MA:0001172 UMLS:C0036394 EFO:0001417 FMA:19034 EHDAA:5659 MESH:D012584 EHDAA2:0001779 OpenCyc:Mx4rv7MlDJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA NCIT:C52810 CALOHA:TS-0899 BTO:0001221 GAID:852 http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0036394 http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181050003 |
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 nervus sciaticus ischiadic nerve nervus ischiadicus |
id |
UBERON:0001322 |
in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim |
innervates | |
label |
sciatic nerve |
notation |
UBERON:0001322 |
part_of | |
prefLabel |
sciatic nerve |
taxon_notes |
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/ |
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subClassOf |