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abducens nucleus

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Nucleus located beneath the floor of the 4th ventricle in the pontine tegmentum, containing motor neurons innervating the lateral rectus muscle of the eye (Brodal, Neurological Anatomy, 3rd ed., 1981, pg 533) [ ]

Term info

Label

abducens nucleus

Synonyms
  • abducens VI nucleus
  • abducens motor nuclei
  • abducens motor nucleus
  • abducens nerve nucleus
  • abducent nucleus
  • motor nucleus VI
  • nVI
  • nucleus nervi abducentis
  • nucleus of abducens nerve
  • nucleus of abducens nerve (VI)
  • sixth cranial nerve nucleus
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, vertebrate_core

latin term
nucleus abducens [ NeuroNames : 585 ]

plural term
abducens motor nuclei [ TAO : 0000713 ]

latin term
nucleus nervi abducentis [ FMA : 54504 FMA : TA ]

depicted by

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external definition

Hindbrain motor nucleus which is the origin of motor axons of cranial nerve VI. From Neuroanatomy of the Zebrafish Brain.[TAO]

external ontology notes

part of medulla oblongata in ABA and ZFA; part of pons in MA and pontine tegmentum in NIF; note that pons/medulla are spatially disjoint in ABA.

has related synonym

nucleus nervi abducentis, nucleus abducens, abducens nucleus proper

id

UBERON:0002682