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nucleus ambiguus

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A region of histologically disparate cells located just dorsal to the inferior olivary nucleus in the lateral portion of the upper medulla. It receives upper motor neuron innervation directly via the corticobulbar tract This nucleus gives rise to the efferent motor fibers of the vagus nerve terminating in the laryngeal and pharyngeal muscles, as well as to the efferent motor fibers of the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) terminating in the stylopharyngeus. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleus_ambiguus ]

Synonyms: ambiguus nucleus

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Term information

database cross reference
  • BIRNLEX:2650
  • DHBA:12540
  • BM:Me-AMB
  • EMAPA:35596
  • MA:0001050
  • UMLS:C1281211 (BIRNLEX:2650)
  • Wikipedia:Nucleus_ambiguus
  • EHDAA2:0004305
  • UMLS:C0152400 (ncithesaurus:Nucleus_Ambiguus)
  • BAMS:AMB
  • MBA:135
  • BAMS:Amb
  • FMA:54588
  • SCTID:280184006
  • neuronames:765 (BIRNLEX:2650)
  • HBA:9516
  • EV:0100292
  • NCIT:C12835
Subsets

uberon_slim

latin term
nucleus innominatus [ NeuroNames:765 ]

abbreviation
Amb [ NIFSTD:NeuroNames_abbrevSource BIRNLEX:2650 ]

depiction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Gray695.png

has related synonym

ambiguous nucleus

nucleus innominatus

id

UBERON:0001719

mutually spatially disjoint with

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

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

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002127

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

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

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

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

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

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