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Preferred Name

Oculomotor Nucleus

Synonyms

Oculomotor Nucleus

Definitions

A collection of neurons of cranial nerve III located in the rostral half of the midbrain at the level of the superior colliculus, which contain somatic efferent motor neurons that innervate all the extraocular muscles except the superior oblique and lateral rectus.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12897

code

C12897

DEFINITION

A collection of neurons of cranial nerve III located in the rostral half of the midbrain at the level of the superior colliculus, which contain somatic efferent motor neurons that innervate all the extraocular muscles except the superior oblique and lateral rectus.

Display_Name

Oculomotor Nucleus

FULL_SYN

Oculomotor Nucleus

label

Oculomotor Nucleus

Legacy Concept Name

Oculomotor_Nucleus

Preferred_Name

Oculomotor Nucleus

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C12897

Semantic_Type

Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

UMLS_CUI

C0228686

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C49346

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