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edinger-westphal nucleus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables
edinger-west-phal nu-cle-us
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
5
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The accessory parasympathetic cranial nerve nucleus of the oculomotor nerve (cranial nerve III), supplying the constricting muscles of the iris and the ciliary muscle.

Etymology

Named after Ludwig Edinger, who demonstrated it in the fetus in 1885, and Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal, who demonstrated it in the adult in 1887.

Inflected Forms

Edinger-Westphal nuclei (plural)

Questions

What does edinger-westphal nucleus mean?
The accessory parasympathetic cranial nerve nucleus of the oculomotor nerve (cranial nerve III), supplying the constricting muscles of the iris and the ciliary muscle.
Where does edinger-westphal nucleus come from?
Named after Ludwig Edinger, who demonstrated it in the fetus in 1885, and Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal, who demonstrated it in the adult in 1887.

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