superior olivary complex http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Gray713.png BAMS:SOC The SOC displays a significant interspecies variation, being largest in bats and rodents and smaller in primates. EMAPA:35840 MBA:398 superior olivary nucleus DHBA:12462 FMA:72247 neuronames:569 regio olivaris superioris UBERON:0002128 superior olive MA:0001026 VHOG:0001381 superior olivary nucleus (Barr & Kiernan) HBA:9177 uberon A collection of brainstem nuclei that functions in multiple aspects of hearing and is an important component of the ascending and descending auditory pathways of the auditory system. EV:0100263 MESH:D065832 superior olivary nuclei UMLS:C0175427 Wikipedia:Superior_olivary_complex nucleus olivaris superior BIRNLEX:1307 In mice, the superior olivary nucleus is a small cylindrical mass on the dorsal surface of the lateral part of the trapezoid body of the pons, and it is situated immediately above the inferior olivary nucleus. It receives projections from the cochlear nucleus and thus is involved in the perception of sound[GO:0021718] principal sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve nucleus of lateral lemniscus nuclear complex of neuraxis parabrachial nucleus