Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
primary nerve cord
Go to external page
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005053
A cluster of neurons that is the most prominent longitudinally extending condensed part of a nervous system. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21062451 ]
Term info
Label
primary nerve cord
Synonyms
- nerve cord
- true nerve cord
curator notes
some species have multiple longitudinal nerve cords; this class refers to the most prominent one, which is dorsal in chordates and ventral in others.
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0005053
see also
https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/691