Nucleus located beneath the floor of the 4th ventricle in the pontine tegmentum, containing motor neurons innervating the lateral rectus muscle of the eye (Brodal, Neurological Anatomy, 3rd ed., 1981, pg 533). [ BIRNLEX:1366 ]
Synonyms: nVI nucleus nervi abducentis sixth cranial nerve nucleus motor nucleus VI nucleus of abducens nerve (VI) abducens motor nucleus abducens VI nucleus abducent nucleus abducens motor nuclei abducens nerve nucleus nucleus of abducens nerve
Term information
- DMBA:17279
- MA:0001010
- DHBA:12418
- UMLS:C0152407 (ncithesaurus:Abducens_Nucleus)
- HBA:9136
- SCTID:280165008
- MBA:653
- BAMS:VI
- FMA:54504
- ZFA:0000713
- neuronames:585 (BIRNLEX:1366)
- MESH:D065827
- EHDAA2:0004310
- EMAPA:35105
- Wikipedia:Abducens_nucleus
- TAO:0000713
- BAMS:6
- BM:Pons-VI
- EV:0100266
- NCIT:C12836
- BIRNLEX:1366
uberon_slim, vertebrate_core
Hindbrain motor nucleus which is the origin of motor axons of cranial nerve VI. From Neuroanatomy of the Zebrafish Brain.[TAO]
part of medulla oblongata in ABA and ZFA; part of pons in MA and pontine tegmentum in NIF; note that pons/medulla are spatially disjoint in ABA.
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003011
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002147
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002963
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002633
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002149
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002143
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007632