motor nucleus; brainstem motor nucleus; cranial motor nucleus

Classification: 1) Somatic: - oculomotor nucleus - trochlear nucleus - trigeminal motor nucleus - abducent nucleus - facial nucleus - accessory nucleus actually lies in cervical spinal cord - hypoglossal nucleus 2) Visceral: - Edinger-Westfall nucleus (oculomotor nerve) - superior salivary nucleus (facial nerve) - inferior salivary nucleus (glossopharyngeal nerve) - nucleus ambiguous (shared by glossopharyngeal & vagus nerves)

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.