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pontine tegmentum

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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). [ ]

Term info

Label

pontine tegmentum

Synonyms
  • dorsal pons
  • dorsal portion of pons
  • tegmental portion of pons
  • tegmentum of pons
  • tegmentum pontis
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim

latin term
pars posterior pontis [ NeuroNames : 557 ]

latin term
pars dorsalis pontis [ NeuroNames : 557 ]

latin term
tegmentum pontis [ FMA : TA FMA : 71108 ]

depicted by

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Brainstem_Abducens.png

function notes

involved in the initiation of REM sleep [Wikipedia:Pontine_tegmentum]

has related synonym

pars posterior pontis, pars dorsalis pontis, tegmentum pontis

id

UBERON:0003023