loading...| Preferred Name |
pontine tegmentum |
| Synonyms |
pars posterior pontis dorsal pons tegmentum pontis pars dorsalis pontis tegmental portion of pons tegmentum of pons dorsal portion of pons |
| 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 |
FMA:71108 BAMS:PTg UMLS:C0228426 http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=557 DHBA:12416 HBA:9135 http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/362401009 http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/birnlex_923 http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=557 |
| 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 |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Brainstem_Abducens.png |
| function_notes |
involved in the initiation of REM sleep [Wikipedia:Pontine_tegmentum] |
| has part |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002149 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002148 |
| has_exact_synonym |
dorsal pons tegmentum pontis tegmental portion of pons tegmentum of pons dorsal portion of pons |
| 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 | |
| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000064 |