oculomotor nuclear complex

Term ID

UBERON:0001715

Synonyms

• 3
• motor nucleus III
• nIII
• nucleus oculomotorius
• nucleus of oculomotor nuclear complex
• oculomotor III nuclear complex
• oculomotor III nucleus
• oculomotor motornucleus
• OM

Definition

Nuclear complex containing subnuclei that give rise to the axons of the occulomotor nerve, both motor and parasympathetic fibers, situated at the midline at the level of the superior colliculus in the midbrain tegmentum (Brodal, Neurological Anatomy, 3rd ed., 1981, pg 533-534).

References

• BAMS:3
• BAMS:III
• BM:MB-III
• DHBA:12198
• EFO:0002468
• EHDAA2:0004211
• EMAPA:35605
• EV:0100250
• HBA:9030
• MA:0001073
• MBA:35
• NCIT:C12897
• TAO:0000553
• UMLS:C0228686
• VHOG:0001389
• XAO:0004389
• ZFA:0000553
• birnlex:1240
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=492
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleus_of_oculomotor_nerve
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0228686
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/362457000

Ontology

Uberon Ontology