Term: abducens motor nucleus motor neuron
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Name: abducens motor nucleus
Synonyms: abducens motor nuclei, abducens nucleus, motor nucleus VI, nVI
Definition: Hindbrain motor nucleus which is the origin of motor axons of cranial nerve VI. From Neuroanatomy of the Zebrafish Brain.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000713]
Name: motor neuron
Synonyms: motoneuron
Definition: An efferent neuron that passes from the central nervous system or a ganglion toward or to a muscle and conducts an impulse that causes movement.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009052]