Largest nucleus situated in the olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata. It is closely associated with the cerebellum, but its specific function is voluntary body movements. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferior_olivary_nucleus ]

Synonyms: inferior olive inferior olivary nuclear complex oliva

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Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

latin term
oliva [ FMA:72243 FMA:TA ]

latin term
regio olivaris inferior [ NeuroNames:748 ]

latin term
nucleus olivaris inferior [ NeuroNames:748 ]

latin term
nucleus olivaris caudalis [ NeuroNames:748 ]

latin term
complexus olivaris inferior; nuclei olivares inferiores [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferior_olivary_nucleus ]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/CerebCircuit.png

has related synonym

nucleus olivaris caudalis

complexus olivaris inferior; nuclei olivares inferiores

regio olivaris inferior

complexus olivaris inferior

nuclei olivares caudales

inferior olivary complex (Vieussens)

caudal olivary nuclei

nuclei olivares inferiores

nucleus olivaris inferior

inferior olivary nucleus

inferior olivary nuclei

homology notes

The inferior olive appears to be present in all vertebrate classes and is particularly well developed in species with a well-developed cerebellum.[well established][VHOG]

id

UBERON:0002127

mutually spatially disjoint with

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002559

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002877

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002155

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002870

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002154

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001719

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002872

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002673

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002871