cranial nerve

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001785

Cranial nerves are nerves that emerge directly from the brain, in contrast to spinal nerves, which emerge from segments of the spinal cord. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranial_nerve ]

Synonyms: cranial neural tree organ

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MA:0000215
UMLS:C1269897 (BIRNLEX:1623)
XAO:0000429
XAO:0003089
TAO:0000641
Wikipedia:Cranial_nerve
neuronames:1227
GAID:802
SCTID:244447006
UMLS:C0010268 (BIRNLEX:1623)
BAMS:cran
UMLS:C0010268 (ncithesaurus:Cranial_Nerve)
HBA:9299
AAO:0000108
VHOG:0000279
EMAPA:17264
BTO:0001104
FMA:5865
MESH:D003391
MBA:967
ZFA:0000641
EHDAA2:0000323
BIRNLEX:1623
NCIT:C12700

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uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas

UBPROP 0000001

Twelve pairs of cranial nerves exit/enter the cranium through openings in the skull. The nerves contain efferent axons with motor and glandular functions, as well as afferent axons from cranial ganglia with sensory functions. The nerves are numbered in a rostral to caudal sequence, with the exception of the lateral line nerves.[TAO]

UBPROP 0000003

We conclude this section by listing some of the many synapomorphies of craniates, including (...) (5) cranial nerves (...).[well established][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000012

See https://github.com/obophenotype/mouse-anatomy-ontology/issues/6

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Brain_human_normal_inferior_view_with_labels_en-2.svg, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Brain_human_normal_inferior_view_with_labels_en.svg

editor note

classified as neural tree organ, not nerve in FMA. CN II poses a challenge here as it is not strictly a nerve, yet is expected to be classified under CN.

has related synonym

cranial nerves, nervus cranialis

has obo namespace

uberon

UBERON:0001785

prefLabel

Cranial nerve

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606