loading...| Preferred Name |
nerve root |
| Synonyms |
initial segment of nerve radix nervi |
| 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 |
UMLS:C0228084 NCIT:C54024 FMA:5981 FMA:82524 http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/nlx_144250 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerve_root |
| 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 | |
| external_definition |
The continuation of the neurite bundle and associated glia of a nerve, inside the central nervous system[FBbt:00007602, FBC:DOS]. |
| external_ontology_notes |
FMA has 'central zone of nerve' which is the superclass of cranial nerve tracts, which the FMA sometimes calls roots |
| has_exact_synonym |
initial segment of nerve radix nervi |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| id |
UBERON:0002211 |
| in_subset | |
| label |
nerve root |
| notation |
UBERON:0002211 |
| prefLabel |
nerve root |
| subClassOf |