loading...| Preferred Name |
nerve root |
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| Synonyms |
initial segment of nerve radix nervi |
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| Definitions |
A continuation of the neuron projection bundle component of a nerve inside, crossing or immediately outside the central nervous system. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002211 |
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| database_cross_reference |
SCTID:362295007 NCIT:C54024 Wikipedia:Nerve_root UMLS:C0228084 FMA:5981 FMA:82524 NLX:144250 |
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| definition |
A continuation of the neuron projection bundle component of a nerve inside, crossing or immediately outside the central nervous system. |
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| editor note |
We consider cranial nerve roots to be primarily CNS structures, but model spinal nerve roots as PNS structures, due to the existence of ganglia on the roots. |
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| external_definition |
The continuation of the neurite bundle and associated glia of a nerve, inside the central nervous system[FBbt:00007602, FBC:DOS]. |
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| external_ontology_notes |
FMA has 'central zone of nerve' which is the superclass of cranial nerve tracts, which the FMA sometimes calls roots |
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| has_exact_synonym |
initial segment of nerve radix nervi |
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uberon |
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UBERON:0002211 |
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nerve root |
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| notation |
UBERON:0002211 |
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nerve root |
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