loading...| Preferred Name |
nerve root |
| Synonyms |
radix nervi initial segment of nerve |
| Definitions |
A continuation of the neuron projection bundle component of a nerve inside, crossing or immediately outside the central nervous system. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002211 |
| database_cross_reference |
SCTID:362295007 UMLS:C0228084 Wikipedia:Nerve_root FMA:82524 NLX:144250 FMA:5981 NCIT:C54024 |
| definition |
A continuation of the neuron projection bundle component of a nerve inside, crossing or immediately outside the central nervous system. |
| editor note |
We consider cranial nerve roots to be primarily CNS structures, but model spinal nerve roots as PNS structures, due to the existence of ganglia on the roots. |
| extends_fibers_into | |
| has_exact_synonym |
radix nervi initial segment of nerve |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| id |
UBERON:0002211 |
| in_subset | |
| label |
nerve root |
| notation |
UBERON:0002211 |
| prefLabel |
nerve root |
| UBPROP_0000001 |
The continuation of the neurite bundle and associated glia of a nerve, inside the central nervous system[FBbt:00007602, FBC:DOS]. |
| UBPROP_0000012 |
FMA has 'central zone of nerve' which is the superclass of cranial nerve tracts, which the FMA sometimes calls roots |
| subClassOf |