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nucleus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Nucleus (pl.: nuclei) is a
Latin word for the seed
inside a fruit. It most
often refers to: Atomic...
- The
atomic nucleus is the small,
dense region consisting of
protons and
neutrons at the
center of an atom,
discovered in 1911 by
Ernest Rutherford based...
- The
intermediolateral nucleus (IML) is a
region of grey
matter found in one of the
three grey
columns of the
spinal cord, the
lateral grey column. This...
- The
nucleus ambiguus ("ambiguous
nucleus" in English) is a
group of
large motor neurons,
situated deep in the
medullary reticular formation named by Jacob...
- The
tuberomammillary nucleus (TMN) is a
histaminergic nucleus located within the
posterior third of the hypothalamus. It is part of the
tuber cinereum...
- The cell
nucleus (from
Latin nucleus or nuculeus 'kernel, seed'; pl.: nuclei) is a membrane-bound
organelle found in
eukaryotic cells.
Eukaryotic cells...
- In the
human brain, the
nucleus basalis, also
known as the
nucleus basalis of
Meynert or
nucleus basalis magnocellularis, is a
group of
neurons located...
- The
dentate nucleus is a
cluster of neurons, or
nerve cells, in the
central nervous system that has a
dentate – tooth-like or
serrated – edge. It is located...
- The
nucleus ac****bens (NAc or NAcc; also
known as the ac****bens
nucleus, or
formerly as the
nucleus ac****bens septi,
Latin for '
nucleus adjacent to the...
- The
hypoglossal nucleus is a
cranial nerve nucleus,
found within the medulla.
Being a
motor nucleus, it is
close to the midline. In the open medulla,...