loading...| Preferred Name |
pontine tegmentum |
| Synonyms |
dorsal pons pars posterior pontis dorsal portion of pons tegmentum of pons tegmental portion of pons tegmentum pontis pars dorsalis pontis |
| Definitions |
Dorsal portion of the pons, containing cranial nervee nuclei, ascending and descending tracts and reticular nuclei. It is continuous with the reticular formation of the medulla (Carpenter, A Core Text of Neuroanatomy, 3rd ed, 1985, pg 133). |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003023 |
| database_cross_reference |
UMLS:C0228426 FMA:71108 BAMS:PTg BIRNLEX:923 http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=557 HBA:9135 DHBA:12416 SCTID:362401009 Wikipedia:Pontine_tegmentum |
| definition |
Dorsal portion of the pons, containing cranial nervee nuclei, ascending and descending tracts and reticular nuclei. It is continuous with the reticular formation of the medulla (Carpenter, A Core Text of Neuroanatomy, 3rd ed, 1985, pg 133). |
| depicted_by |
Brainstem:Abducens.png |
| has part |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002149 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002148 |
| has_exact_synonym |
dorsal pons dorsal portion of pons tegmentum of pons tegmental portion of pons tegmentum pontis |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
pars posterior pontis tegmentum pontis pars dorsalis pontis |
| id |
UBERON:0003023 |
| in_subset | |
| label |
pontine tegmentum |
| notation |
UBERON:0003023 |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
pontine tegmentum |
| treeView | |
| UBPROP_0000009 |
involved in the initiation of REM sleep [Wikipedia:Pontine_tegmentum] |
| subClassOf |