Preferred Label : motor nucleus of trigeminal nerve;
Uberon definition : Nucleus located in the pontine tegmentum containing cells that give rise to motor
innervation of the jaw through the trigeminal nerve. It receives both crossed and
uncrossed fibers from the cerebral cortex (Heimer, L. The Human Brain and Spinal Cord,
2nd ed., 1996, pg 248).;
Uberon synonym : trigeminal motor nuclei; motor nucleus of cranial nerve v; motor trigeminal nucleus; trigeminal V motor nucleus; trigeminal motor nucleus; nV; motor nucleus V;
Uberon related term : motor nucleus of the trigeminal; motor nucleus of the trigeminal nerve; motor nucleus of trigeminal; motor nucleus;
Nucleus located in the pontine tegmentum containing cells that give rise to motor
innervation of the jaw through the trigeminal nerve. It receives both crossed and
uncrossed fibers from the cerebral cortex (Heimer, L. The Human Brain and Spinal Cord,
2nd ed., 1996, pg 248).