| Term: | medulla oblongata medial octavolateralis nucleus |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | medulla oblongata |
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| Definition: | Brain structure that is located ventrocaudal to the cerebellum and just anterior to the spinal cord and contains the sensory and motor nuclei of six cranial nerves. In zebrafish, with the exception of the cerebellum, the ventral remainder of the metencephalon can be separated only arbitrarily from the more caudal myelencephalic portion of the medulla oblongata. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000545] |
| Name: | medial octavolateralis nucleus |
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| Synonyms: | intermediate octavolateral nucleus, medial octavolateralis nuclei, MON |
| Definition: | Lateral line sensory nucleus located in the cerebellum that processes sensory input from the lateral line. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000291] |