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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:cranial nerve
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Definition:Cranial nerves are nerves that emerge directly from the brain, in contrast to spinal nerves, which emerge from segments of the spinal cord.
Comment:[homology-note] "We conclude this section by listing some of the many synapomorphies of craniates, including (...) (5) cranial nerves (...).[well established][VHOG]" xsd:string {date_retrieved="2012-09-17", external_class="VHOG:0000279", ontology="VHOG", source="ISBN:978-0030223693 Liem KF, Bemis WE, Walker WF, Grande L, Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates: An Evolutionary Perspective (2001) p.43", source="http://bgee.unil.ch/"}
Synonyms:exact_synonym: cranial neural tree organ
 related_synonym: cranial nerves;   nervus cranialis
 xref: AAO:0000108;   BAMS:cran;   BTO:0001104;   EHDAA2:0000323;   EMAPA:17264;   FMA:5865;   GAID:802;   MA:0000215;   MBA:967;   MESH:D003391;   NCI:C12700;   SCTID:244447006;   TAO:0000641;   UMLS:C0010268;   UMLS:C1269897;   VHOG:0000279;   Wikipedia:Cranial_nerve;   XAO:0000429;   XAO:0003089;   ZFA:0000641;   birnlex:1623;   neuronames:1227
 external_ontology: present_in_taxon NCBITaxon:9606



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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          lateral structure 0
            cranial neuron projection bundle 0
              cranial nerve 0
                abducens nerve 0
                accessory XI nerve cranial component 0
                chorda tympani branch of facial nerve 0
                facial nerve + 0
                glossopharyngeal nerve + 0
                hypoglossal nerve + 0
                lateral line nerve + 0
                oculomotor nerve 0
                olfactory nerve 0
                terminal nerve 0
                trigeminal nerve + 0
                trochlear nerve 0
                vagus nerve + 0
                vestibulocochlear nerve + 0
                vomeronasal nerve 0
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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  presumptive structure 0
                    future nervous system 0
                      nervous system 0
                        neuron projection bundle 0
                          nerve 0
                            nerve of head region 0
                              cranial nerve 0
                                abducens nerve 0
                                accessory XI nerve cranial component 0
                                chorda tympani branch of facial nerve 0
                                facial nerve + 0
                                glossopharyngeal nerve + 0
                                hypoglossal nerve + 0
                                lateral line nerve + 0
                                oculomotor nerve 0
                                olfactory nerve 0
                                terminal nerve 0
                                trigeminal nerve + 0
                                trochlear nerve 0
                                vagus nerve + 0
                                vestibulocochlear nerve + 0
                                vomeronasal nerve 0
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