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radial nerve

nerve in the human body that supplies the posterior portion of the upper limb
Class type of: peripheral nerve, particular anatomical entity Q1365325
radial nerve
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Facts

7 properties
Instance of
nerve type, class of anatomical entity[2]
Subclass of
peripheral nerve, particular anatomical entity[3][4]
Part of
brachial plexus[5]
Anatomical branch of
posterior cord[12]
Described by source
Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[6]
Has anatomical branch
posterior cutaneous nerve of arm, inferior lateral cutaneous nerve of arm, posterior cutaneous nerve of forearm, muscular branches of the radial nerve, deep branch of radial nerve, superficial branch of radial nerve, posterior muscular branch of radial nerve, nerve to extensor carpi radialis longus, nerve to brachioradialis, lateral muscular branch of radial nerve to brachialis, nerve to articularis cubiti, branch of medial muscular branch of radial nerve to long head of triceps brachii, ulnar collateral nerve[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
Innervates
brachialis muscle, brachioradialis, triceps brachii muscle, anconeus muscle, extensor carpi radialis longus muscle[7][8][9][10][11]
🏷️ Also known as
en radial nerve ar عصب كعبري de Nervus radialis de N. radialis de Speichennerv es nervio radial es Nervus radialis fa عصب شعاعی fi nervus radialis fi värttinähermo fr nerf radial he עצב החישור it nervo radiale ja 橈骨神経 ko 노신경 pl Nervus radialis pl nerw promieniowy pt nervo radial ru лучевой нерв tr radyal sinir
🔖 Identifiers · 27
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85110336
OpenAlex ID
C2779021416
BNCF Thesaurus ID
57519
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
160910619
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/radial-nerve
Foundational Model of Anatomy ID
37069
Freebase ID
/m/01h7dt
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
nervi-radial
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0136561
ICD-11 ID (Foundation)
1935818403
ICD-11 ID (MMS)
XA8BJ3
Interlingual Index ID
i65860
Show all 27 identifiers +15
J9U entity ID
987007555984805171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
radial-nerve
KBpedia ID
RadialNerve
MeSH descriptor ID
D011826
MeSH tree code
A08.800.800.720.050.700
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779021416
TA2 ID
6431
TA98 Latin term
n. radialis
Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID
A14.2.03.049
UBERON ID
0001492
UMLS CUI
C0034518
Wellcome Collection concept ID
mcnn7ubk
WikiSkripta article ID
4181
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
05512458-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/a7cc048e-d5a1-48f5-ba14-d865ada38fc3

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🔗 Connections
Innervates 5
triceps brachii muscle, brachialis muscle, anconeus muscle, brachioradialis, extensor carpi radialis longus muscle
← Has anatomical branch 2
brachial plexus, posterior cord
← Innervated by 2
upper extremity, brachialis muscle
Anatomical branch of 1
posterior cord
Part of 1
brachial plexus
← Anatomical location 1
radial neuropathy
← Contains 1
radial sulcus
← Innervates 1
hand
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Summary

radial nerve is a nerve type[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wheelessonline.com. wheelessonline.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w ago · Comfyquiettree · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    WikiSkripta article ID → 4181
    "Created claim: WikiSkripta article ID: 4181, Matched to Nervus radialis (#78314987) in WikiSkripta #mix'n'"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Anatomical branch of → posterior cord
    Part of → brachial plexus
    Instance of → nerve type, class of anatomical entity
    Has anatomical branch → posterior cutaneous nerve of arm, inferior lateral cutaneous nerve of arm, posterior cutaneous nerve of forearm +1
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007555984805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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