midbrain tectum
Dorsal part of the midbrain, consisting of the superior and inferior colliculi and the pretectal nuclei (MM). [ ]
Term info
midbrain tectum
- mesencephalic tectum
- neuraxis tectum
- tectum
- tectum mesencephali
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uberon
tectum mesencephalicum, tectum of midbrain, t. mesencephali
The tectum - a multisensory, topologically mapped structure in the roof of the midbrain presents a remarkable degree of conservation in all vertebrate radiations; although it varies in the extent of its development in different vertebrate classes, there is considerable evidence now to deem its layered structure, its cell types, and its hodological pattern as homologous in all vertebrates.[well established][VHOG]
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In adult humans it is present only in the mesencephalon as the inferior and the superior colliculi