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medial vestibular nucleus

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001722


The medial vestibular nucleus is one of the vestibular nuclei. It is located in the medulla oblongata. Lateral vestibulo-spinal tract (lateral vestibular nucleus 'Deiters')- via ventrolateral medulla and spinal cord to ventral funiculus (lumbo-sacral segments). Ipsilaterally for posture Medial vestibulo-spinal tract (medial, lateral, inferior, vestibular nuclei), bilateral projection via descending medial longitudinal fasciculus to cervical segments. DESCENDING MLF. Bilaterally for head/neck/eye movements [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medial_vestibular_nucleus ]

Synonyms: chief vestibular nucleus, dorsal vestibular nucleus, triangular nucleus, nucleus of Schwalbe, Schwalbe's nucleus, principal vestibular nucleus, nucleus triangularis

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uberon_slim

RO 0002171

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007230, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001721, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007227

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has related synonym

nucleus vestibularis medialis, medial nucleus

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UBERON:0001722

prefLabel

medial vestibular nucleus, Medial vestibular nucleus

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