Anterior horn cell

Japanese: anterior horn cell(英語表記)anteriorhorncell
Anterior horn cell

…Poliovirus is a neurotropic virus that attacks these motor neurons. In the spinal nerve area, motor neurons are gathered in the anterior horn of the spinal cord, and are called anterior horn cells and ventral horn cells. In the cranial nerve area, the oculomotor nerve, trochlear nerve, trigeminal nerve, facial nerve, glossopharyngeal nerve, vagus nerve, accessory nerve, and hypoglossal nerve contain axons of motor neurons, and the cell bodies of these neurons are associated with the oculomotor nucleus (midbrain), trochlear nucleus (at the border between the midbrain and pons), trigeminal motor nucleus (pons), facial nucleus (medulla oblongata), nucleus ambiguus (located in the medulla oblongata, sending efferent fibers to the glossopharyngeal nerve and vagus nerve), accessory nucleus (cervical spinal cord), and hypoglossal nucleus (medulla oblongata). …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "anterior horn cell" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…ポリオのウイルスは,この運動ニューロンを侵す神経親和性のウイルスである。脊髄神経の領域では,運動ニューロンは脊髄の前角に集合しており,脊髄前角細胞anterior horn cell,ventral horn cellと呼ばれる。脳神経の領域においても,動眼神経,滑車神経,三叉神経,顔面神経,舌咽神経,迷走神経,副神経,舌下神経には,運動ニューロンの軸索が含まれており,これらのニューロンの細胞体は動眼神経核(中脳),滑車神経核(中脳と橋の境界レベル),三叉神経運動核(橋),顔面神経核(延髄),疑核(延髄にあり,舌咽神経と迷走神経に遠心性繊維を送る),副神経核(頸髄),舌下神経核(延髄)に連合している。…

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