name vagal_trigone namespace http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de# parent part_of_parasympathetic_nerve_system_element parent part_of_brain label [en] vagal trigone nameMedicineSynonym [] Trigonum vagale, Trigonum vagi, Ala cinerea ACC [] cy0006074 nameEnglishSynonym [] trigone of vagus nerve, intermediate eminence,trigone vagi organNo [] 25744 speciesNo [] 86 comment [de] Vagusdreieck; im Bereich der Rautengrube, sensibles Kerngebiet des Nervus vagus und Nervus glossopharyngeus annotationRemark [] dka label [med] Trigonum nervi vagi comment [en] The cells of the dorsal nucleus are spindle-shaped, like those of the posterior column of the spinal cord, and the nucleus is usually considered as representing the base of the posterior column. It measures about 2 cm. in length, and in the lower, closed part of the medulla oblongata is situated behind the hypoglossal nucleus; whereas in the upper, open part it lies lateral to that nucleus, and corresponds to an eminence, named the vagal trigone (ala cinerea), in the rhomboid fossa. isPartOf rhomboid_fossa locatedIn rhomboid_fossa hasCell http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#glioblast hasCell http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#glial_cell_of_central_nervous_system locationOf solitary_nucleus hasCell astrocyte