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nucleus ambiguus

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001719

A region of histologically disparate cells located just dorsal to the inferior olivary nucleus in the lateral portion of the upper medulla. It receives upper motor neuron innervation directly via the corticobulbar tract This nucleus gives rise to the efferent motor fibers of the vagus nerve terminating in the laryngeal and pharyngeal muscles, as well as to the efferent motor fibers of the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) terminating in the stylopharyngeus. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleus_ambiguus ]

Synonyms: ambiguus nucleus

Term info

database cross reference
  • EV:0100292
  • neuronames:765 (BIRNLEX:2650)
  • UMLS:C0152400 (ncithesaurus:Nucleus_Ambiguus)
  • BAMS:AMB
  • BM:Me-AMB
  • FMA:54588
  • BAMS:Amb
  • Wikipedia:Nucleus_ambiguus
  • MA:0001050
  • EMAPA:35596
  • DHBA:12540
  • UMLS:C1281211 (BIRNLEX:2650)
  • UMLS:C0152400 (BIRNLEX:2650)
  • MBA:135
  • EHDAA2:0004305
  • BIRNLEX:2650
  • SCTID:280184006
  • NCIT:C12835
  • HBA:9516
Subsets

uberon_slim

RO 0002171

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002559, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002877, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002127, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002870, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002155, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002154, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002872, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002871, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002673

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Gray695.png

has related synonym

ambiguous nucleus, nucleus innominatus

id

UBERON:0001719

prefLabel

Nucleus ambiguus