Term Name: pontine tegmentum
Synonyms: dorsal pons, pars dorsalis pontis, pars posterior pontis, tegmentum pontis
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).
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0003023]

Relationships
is part of: pons
has parts: central tegmental tract of pons decussation of trochlear nerve dorsal acoustic stria dorsal trigeminal tract genu of facial nerve intermediate acoustic stria lateral parabrachial nucleus locus ceruleus medial lemniscus of pons medial parabrachial nucleus motor nucleus of trigeminal nerve nucleus incertus olivocochlear bundle oral pontine reticular nucleus pontine raphe nucleus pontine reticular formation principal sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve spinal trigeminal tract of pons spinothalamic tract of pons superior cerebellar peduncle of pons superior olivary complex superior salivatory nucleus supragenual nucleus of pontine tegmentum tectopontine tract trapezoid body uncinate fasciculus ventral acoustic stria ventral nucleus of lateral lemniscus ventral trigeminal tract vestibulocerebellar tract vestibulocochlear nerve root white matter of pontine tegmentum
is a type of: ectoderm-derived structure organ part structure with developmental contribution from neural crest