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oculomotor nuclear complex

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Nuclear complex containing subnuclei that give rise to the axons of the occulomotor nerve, both motor and parasympathetic fibers, situated at the midline at the level of the superior colliculus in the midbrain tegmentum (Brodal, Neurological Anatomy, 3rd ed., 1981, pg 533-534). [ ]

Term info

Label

oculomotor nuclear complex

Synonyms
  • OM
  • nucleus nervi oculomotorii
  • nucleus of oculomotor nerve
  • nucleus of oculomotor nuclear complex
  • nucleus of third cranial nerve
  • oculomotor III nuclear complex
  • oculomotor III nucleus
  • oculomotor nucleus
  • third cranial nerve nucleus
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

latin term
nucleus nervi oculomotorii [ FMA : 54510 FMA : TA ]

latin term
nucleus oculomotorius [ NeuroNames : 492 ]

abbreviation
OM [ XAO : 0004389 ]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Cn3nucleus.png

external definition

The nucleus of the oculomotor nerve (cranial nerve III)[XAO:0004389].

fma set term

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FMA_84019

has related synonym

oculomotor motornucleus, motor nucleus III, nIII, nucleus oculomotorius

id

UBERON:0001715