| Term: | hindbrain vagus motor neuron |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | hindbrain |
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| Synonyms: | rhombencephalon |
| Definition: | The most posterior of the three principal regions of the brain. In mammals and birds the hindbrain is divided into a rostral metencephalon and a caudal myelencephalon. In zebrafish, with the exception of the cerebellum, the ventral remainder of the metencephalon can be separated only arbitrarily from the more caudal myelencephalic portion of the medulla oblongata and thus these are not distinguished here. From Neuroanatomy of the Zebrafish Brain. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000029] |
| Name: | vagus motor neuron |
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| Synonyms: | vagus motor neurons |
| Definition: | Motor neurons of cranial nerve X. In all vertebrates, vagus motor neurons are located in the most posterior segment of the hindbrain, rhombomere 8 (r8). In fish, these neurons innervate muscles to move the pharynx, gills, and pharyngeal teeth. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0007126] |