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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connected to | ||
database_cross_reference |
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0228084 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerve_root http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/nlx_144250 http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/362295007 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C54024 FMA:82524 FMA:5981 UMLS:C0228084 |
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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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has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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id |
UBERON:0002211 |
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label |
nerve root |
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notation |
UBERON:0002211 |
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part_of | ||
prefLabel |
nerve root |
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