Term Name: medial superior olivary nucleus
Synonyms: MSO, nucleus laminaris, nucleus olivaris superior medialis, superior olivary complex, medial part, superior olive medial part, superior paraolivary nucleus, superior parolivary nucleus
Definition: One of two subnuclei of the superior olive located within the caudal pontine tegmentum. Appears as a parasagittal row of transversely oriented bipolar neurons in transverse sections of human, with elongated somata in humans and other primates and large caliber dendrites.
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0002782]

Relationships
is part of: primary superior olive
is a type of: nucleus of superior olivary complex
inverse disjoint_from: lateral superior olivary nucleus