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primary superior olive
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Part of the superior olivary complex of nuclei in the caudal pontine tegmentum, situated within the trapezoid body in humans. (Brodal, Neurological Anatomy, 3rd edition, 1981, pg 617). In many species, it comprises a medial superior olivary nucleus and a lateral superior olivary nucleus. [ ]
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Label
primary superior olive
indicates that a synonym is used in an inconsistent or confusing way, typically between species
superior olive
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external ontology notes
Wikipedia includes Medial nucleus of the trapezoid body. Wikipedia:Superior_olivary_complex#Primary_nuclei
has broad synonym
superior olive
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0022434
terminology notes
many sources refer to this simply as the 'superior olive' or the 'superior olivary nucleus'. However, this is confusing as superior olive is sometimes used to denote the full SOC, which includes periolvary nuclei[https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/631]