lateral reticular nucleus in dogs

A nucleus of the lateral medullary nuclear complex. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the lateral reticular nucleus is

A nucleus of the lateral medullary nuclear complex. The atlas records it as a nerve at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the lateral reticular nucleus is

It sits within the nervous system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the lateral reticular nucleus connects to

The atlas records 7 typed relationships for it, across 2 kinds of connection. part of hindbrain, medulla oblongata and medullary reticular formation.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the lateral reticular nucleus. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as lateral reticular nucleus (medulla), lateral reticular nuclei and nucleus reticularis lateralis medullae oblongatae. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002154, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: hindbrain, medulla oblongata and medullary reticular formation.
• A kind of: brain gray matter, brainstem nucleus, gray matter and nucleus of brain.

Questions

Where is the lateral reticular nucleus?

It sits within the nervous system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the lateral reticular nucleus connect to?

Part of: hindbrain, medulla oblongata and medullary reticular formation.

Is the lateral reticular nucleus the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.