| Name: | terminal nerve |
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| Synonyms: | nervus terminalis |
| Definition: | The terminal nerve, located anterior to cranial nerve I, is comprised of a group of cells with somata adjacent to the olfactory bulb and processes that extend anteriorly to the olfactory epithelium and posteriorly to the telencephalon. In teleost fish an additional group of axons extends along the optic tract and delivers putative neuromodulators to the retina. It is thought to develop from cranial neural crest. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001356] |
| Name: | neuron projection |
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| Synonyms: | nerve fiber, neurite, neuron process, neuron protrusion, neuronal cell projection |
| Definition: | A prolongation or process extending from a nerve cell, e.g. an axon or dendrite. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0043005] QuickGO AmiGO |
| Name: | decreased branchiness |
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| Definition: | Branchiness quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of decreasing the degree to which there are subdivisions or offshoots in a bearer entity. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0002286] |