pontine tegmentum

Term ID

UBERON:0003023

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).

References

BAMS:PTg
DHBA:12416
HBA:9135
Pontine:tegmentum
UMLS:C0228426
birnlex:923
http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=557
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0228426
http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/362401009

Ontology

Uberon Ontology

Relationships

is part of: pons

pons Show first 5 Terms
has parts: central tegmental tract of pons decussation of trochlear nerve dorsal acoustic stria dorsal trigeminal tract genu of facial nerve ... Show All 32 Terms

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 Show first 5 Terms
is a type of: ectoderm-derived structure organ part structure with developmental contribution from neural crest

ectoderm-derived structure organ part structure with developmental contribution from neural crest Show first 5 Terms