axillary nerve
The axillary nerve is a nerve of the human body, that comes off the posterior cord of the brachial plexus at the level of the axilla (armpit) and carries nerve fibers from C5 and C6. The axillary nerve travels through the quadrangular space with the posterior circumflex humeral artery and vein. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axillary_nerve ]
Synonyms: circumflex humeral nerve
Term info
- SCTID:181009006
- MA:0001166
- UMLS:C0228885 (ncithesaurus:Axillary_Nerve)
- Wikipedia:Axillary_nerve
- EMAPA:18802
- NCIT:C52817
- FMA:37072
uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Brachial_plexus_2.svg, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Brachial_plexus.jpg
nervus axillaris, auxillery nerve, circumflex nerve
uberon
UBERON:0001493
Axillary nerve
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606