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Last uploaded: February 21, 2019
Preferred Name

Mesencephalon

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12510

ALT_DEFINITION

The uppermost portion of the brainstem located between the pons and the diencephalon. The midbrain contains the cerebral peduncles, oculomotor, trochlear and red nuclei, substantia nigra and various other nuclei and tracts. (NCI)

develops from the middle of the 3 primary vesicles of the embryonic neural tube, between the prosencephalon and rhombencephalon, later forming the tectum and cerebral peduncles.

code

C12510

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C74456

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C90259

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77529

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

Contributing_Source

CDISC

NICHD

DEFINITION

The uppermost portion of the brainstem located between the pons and the diencephalon. The midbrain contains the cerebral peduncles, oculomotor, trochlear and red nuclei, substantia nigra and various other nuclei and tracts.

Display_Name

Midbrain

FULL_SYN

Mid-brain

BRAIN, MIDBRAIN

MIDBRAIN

Has_NICHD_Parent

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C32221

label

Mesencephalon

Legacy_Concept_Name

Mesencephalon

NICHD_Hierarchy_Term

Midbrain

Preferred_Name

Mesencephalon

prefixIRI

C12510

prefLabel

Mesencephalon

Semantic_Type

Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

UMLS_CUI

C0025462

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13031

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