Cochlear Nucleus

Preferred Label : Cochlear Nucleus;

NCIt synonyms : Cochlear Nuclei;

NCIt related terms : BRAIN, COCHLEAR NUCLEI;

NCIt definition : Located at the brainstem, this sensory organ receives auditory signals from the cochlear auditory nerve fibers. It is composed of the dorsal cochlear nucleus located on the dorsolateral surface of the inferior peduncle and the ventral (or accessory) cochlear nucleus located on the ventral aspect of the inferior peduncle.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: A collection of nuclei in the brainstem at which the auditory nerves terminate.;

Details

Origin ID

C12837;

UMLS CUI

C0152411;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Cochlear Nerve [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Cochlear nuclear complex [FMA entity]
- cochlear nuclear complex [UBERON concept]
- cochlear nuclear complex [Radlex concept]
- cochlear nucleus [UBERON concept]
- cochlear nucleus [Radlex concept]
- right cochlear nucleus [Radlex concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Cochlear nucleus structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cochlear nucleus [MeSH Descriptor]
- cochlear nucleus [MeSH concept]
- cochlear nucleus, nos [SNOMED Notion]
False automatic mappings
- Cochlear nucleus [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Cochlear nucleus [FMA entity]
- Cochlear nucleus structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cochlear nuclear complex [UBERON concept]
- cochlear nucleus [Radlex concept]
- cochlear nucleus [MeSH concept]
- cochlear nucleus [MeSH Descriptor]
- cochlear nucleus, nos [SNOMED Notion]
concept_is_in_subset
- CDISC SEND Biospecimens Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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