| Phenotype: | cranial nerve IV axon defasciculated, abnormal |
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| Note: | This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name. |
| Name: | cranial nerve IV |
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| Synonyms: | CN-IV, trochlear, trochlear nerve |
| Definition: | Cranial nerve that innervates the oculomotor system. The trochlear nerve is the only motor nerve to project dorsally and then cross the midline before exiting the neuroepithelium and re-orienting ventrally to project to the contralateral superior oblique extraocular muscle. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000600] |
| Name: | axon |
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| Definition: | The long process of a neuron that conducts nerve impulses, usually away from the cell body to the terminals and varicosities, which are sites of storage and release of neurotransmitter. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0030424] QuickGO AmiGO |
| Name: | defasciculated |
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| Definition: | A structural quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's in which bundles of aligned anatomical fibers have become separated. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001959] |