cuneate nucleus

Term ID

UBERON:0002045

Synonyms

• Burdach's nucleus
• burdachs nucleus
• Cu
• cuneate
• cuneate nucleus (Burdach)
• cuneate nucleus of the medulla
• nucleus cuneatus
• nucleus cuneatus medialis
• nucleus restiformis

Definition

One of the dorsal column nuclei, the cuneate nucleus is a wedge-shaped nucleus in the closed part of the medulla oblongata. It contains cells that give rise to the cuneate tubercle, visible on the posterior aspect of the medulla. It lies laterally to the gracile nucleus and medial to the spinal trigeminal nucleus in the medulla. [WP,unvetted]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneate_nucleus

References

• BAMS:CU
• BAMS:Cu
• BM:Me-Cu
• Cuneate:nucleus
• DHBA:12589
• EMAPA:35268
• HBA:9542
• MA:0001035
• MBA:711
• NCIT:C52716
• UMLS:C0228548
• UMLS:C0587939
• birnlex:2640
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=767
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0228548
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0587939
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/369072005

Ontology

Uberon Ontology