facial nucleus

facial nucleus

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000127

the group of motor neurons residing in the pons that innervate the muscles of facial expression [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0838580343 ]

Synonyms: nucleus of facial nerve facial VII nucleus facial nerve nucleus

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Term history

This is just here as a test because I lose it

Term information

database cross reference

BM:Pons-VII
EV:0100267
null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/280166009
UMLS:C0228740 (ncithesaurus:Facial_Nerve_Nucleus)
null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0228740
BAMS:VII
DHBA:12420
EHDAA2:0004638
BAMS:7
EMAPA:35338
FMA:54572
NCIT:C12898
VHOG:0001412
MA:0001014
BAMS:7N

Subsets

pheno_slim

external ontology notes

FMA has 3 subclasses - left, right and motor nucleus of facial nerve, but no defs. It's not clear how facial nucleus is distinct from facial motor nucleus.

has obo namespace

uberon

has related synonym

facial VII motor nucleus

UBERON:0000127

Term relations

Equivalent to:

cranial nerve nucleus and extends_fibers_into some facial nerve

Subclass of:

cranial nerve nucleus
hindbrain nucleus
brainstem nucleus
immediate transformation of some future facial nucleus
part of some pons
extends_fibers_into some facial nerve
develops_from some future facial nucleus
contributes to morphology of some pons

Related from:

extends_fibers_into

facial nerve

has potential to develop into

future facial nucleus