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pineal body
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001905
A midline, cone like structure located in the dorso-caudal roof of the 3rd ventricle, attached by peduncles to the habenular and posterior commissures. The stalk contains nerve fibers, blood vessels, connective tissue and parenchymal cells (Paxinos, The Rat Central Nervous System, 2nd ed, pg 399). [ ]
Term info
Label
pineal body
Synonyms
- corpus pineale
- glandula pinealis
- pineal gland
- pineal organ
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, organ_slim
indicates that a synonym is used in an inconsistent or confusing way, typically between species
epiphysis
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ZFA
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0000019
]
axiom lost from external ontology
relationship loss: part_of pineal complex (TAO:0001359)[TAO]
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Illu_pituitary_pineal_glands.jpg
external definition
Anatomical structure which is a medial outgrowth of the thalamus on the dorsal surface of the brain. This structure is light sensitive and secretes melatonin when exposed to prolonged darkness.[AAO], A circumscribed swelling, includes the pineal primordium that appears late in the segmentation period in the dorsal midline of the diencephalon. Kimmel et al, 1995.[TAO]
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
pineal, stirnorgan, conarium, epiphysis, epiphysis cerebri, pineal gland (Galen), frontal organ
has relational adjective
epiphysial, epiphyseal
homology notes
The pineal gland has evolved from a part of the epiphyseal complex of anamniotes, which includes a median light-receptive pineal eye, parietal eye, or both.[well established][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0001905
present in taxon
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_117569
taxon notes
lobulated in humans, homogeneous in mouse. Calcifies with age in humans.