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Obturator Nerve MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Obturator Nerve
Tree Number(s)
A08.800.800.720.450.600
Unique ID
D009776
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009776
Annotation
dis: coord IM with PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES (IM); neopl: coord IM with PERIPHERAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) + histol type of neopl (IM)
Scope Note
A nerve originating in the lumbar spinal cord (L2 to L4) and traveling through the lumbar plexus to the lower extremity. The obturator nerve provides motor innervation to the adductor muscles of the thigh and cutaneous sensory innervation of the inner thigh.
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
1999/11/03
Obturator Nerve Preferred
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