part of part of superior olivary complex nuclear complex of neuraxis gray matter of hindbrain primary superior olive Part of the superior olivary complex of nuclei in the caudal pontine tegmentum, situated within the trapezoid body in humans. (Brodal, Neurological Anatomy, 3rd edition, 1981, pg 617). In many species, it comprises a medial superior olivary nucleus and a lateral superior olivary nucleus. BIRNLEX:900 many sources refer to this simply as the 'superior olive' or the 'superior olivary nucleus'. However, this is confusing as superior olive is sometimes used to denote the full SOC, which includes periolvary nuclei[https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/631] BAMS:SOl UBERON:0022434 Wikipedia includes Medial nucleus of the trapezoid body. Wikipedia:Superior_olivary_complex#Primary_nuclei HBA:9182 UMLS:C0228444 superior olive DHBA:12468 neuronames:570