the group of motor neurons residing in the pons that innervate the muscles of facial expression [ MP:0000909 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0838580343 ]
Synonyms: nucleus of facial nerve facial VII nucleus facial nerve nucleus
Term information
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/280166009
- VHOG:0001412
- NCIT:C12898
- UMLS:C0228740 (ncithesaurus:Facial_Nerve_Nucleus)
- BAMS:7
- EV:0100267
- BAMS:7N
- FMA:54572
- EHDAA2:0004638
- BM:Pons-VII
- BAMS:VII
- MA:0001014
- DHBA:12420
- EMAPA:35338
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0228740
pheno_slim
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.