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presumptive hindbrain
- Term ID
- UBERON:0007277
- Synonyms
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- embryonic rhombencephalon
- future hindbrain
- presumptive rhombencephalon
- rhombencephalon
- Definition
- The rhombencephalon (or hindbrain) is a developmental categorization of portions of the central nervous system in vertebrates. The rhombencephalon can be subdivided in a variable number of transversal swellings called rhombomeres. In the human embryo eight rhombomeres can be distinguished, from caudal to rostral: Rh7-Rh1 and the isthmus (the most rostral rhombomere). A rare disease of the rhombencephalon, 'rhombencephalosynapsis' is characterized by a missing vermis resulting in a fused cerebellum. Patients generally present with cerebellar ataxia. The caudal rhombencephalon has been generally considered as the initiation site for neural tube closure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhombencephalon
- References
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- BAMS:HB
- CALOHA:TS-2118
- EFO:0003440
- EHDAA2:0001630
- TAO:0000569
- ZFA:0000569
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhombencephalon
- Ontology
- Cell Ontology
- develops from
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- develops into
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- is part of
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- has parts
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- is a type of
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- inverse immediate_transformation_of
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