facial motor nucleus

Term ID

UBERON:0003011

Synonyms

• facial nerve motor nucleus
• facial nucleus
• motor nucleus VII
• n. nervi facialis
• nucleus facialis
• nucleus motorius nervi facialis
• nucleus nervi facialis
• nVII

Definition

Nucleus located in the pontine tegmentum containing motor neurons that innervate the muscles of the face. Some neurons that project to the cerebellum have also been identified in some species.

References

• BAMS:7
• BAMS:VII
• DMBA:17317
• HBA:9142
• MBA:661
• TAO:0000206
• UMLS:C0175442
• ZFA:0000206
• birnlex:903
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=586
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_motor_nucleus
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0175442

Ontology

Uberon Ontology