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motor nucleus of trigeminal nerve

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Nucleus located in the pontine tegmentum containing cells that give rise to motor innervation of the jaw through the trigeminal nerve. It receives both crossed and uncrossed fibers from the cerebral cortex (Heimer, L. The Human Brain and Spinal Cord, 2nd ed., 1996, pg 248). [ ]

Term info

Label

motor nucleus of trigeminal nerve

Synonyms
  • motor nucleus V
  • motor nucleus of cranial nerve v
  • motor nucleus of trigeminal nerve
  • motor trigeminal nucleus
  • nV
  • nucleus motorius nervi trigemini
  • trigeminal V motor nucleus
  • trigeminal motor nuclei
  • trigeminal motor nucleus
database cross reference
Subsets

pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

plural term
trigeminal motor nuclei [ TAO : 0001365 ]

latin term
nucleus motorius nervi trigeminalis [ NeuroNames : 559 ]

latin term
nucleus motorius nervi trigemini [ FMA : 54562 FMA : TA ]

latin term
nucleus motorius trigeminalis [ NeuroNames : 559 ]

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external ontology notes

this in ZFA this is part of the medulla; pons is a dubious structure for zebrafish

has related synonym

nucleus motorius nervi trigeminalis, motor nucleus of trigeminal, motor nucleus of the trigeminal, motor nucleus, motor nucleus of the trigeminal nerve, nucleus motorius trigeminalis, nucleus motorius nervi trigemini

id

UBERON:0002633