One of two subnuclei of the superior olive located within the caudal pontine tegmentum. Appears as a parasagittal row of transversely oriented bipolar neurons in transverse sections of human, with elongated somata in humans and other primates and large caliber dendrites. [ BIRNLEX:1682 ]
Synonyms: main superior olivary nucleus superior olive medial part chief superior olivary nucleus medial superior olive principal superior olivary nucleus chief nucleus of superior olive superior olivary nucleus, medial part
Term information
- DHBA:12470
- Wikipedia:Superior_olivary_complex
- BM:Pons-SOM
- BIRNLEX:1682
- FMA:72473
- neuronames:572 (BIRNLEX:1682)
- BAMS:MSO
- FMA:226223
- MBA:105
- UMLS:C0175430 (BIRNLEX:1682)
- HBA:9184
- DMBA:17262
uberon_slim, defined_by_cytoarchitecture
superior paraolivary nucleus
superior olivary complex, medial part
superior parolivary nucleus
MSO
nucleus laminaris
nucleus olivaris superior medialis