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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
Subsets
uberon_slim
depicted by
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Brainstem_Abducens.png
function notes
involved in the initiation of REM sleep [Wikipedia:Pontine_tegmentum]
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
pars posterior pontis, pars dorsalis pontis, tegmentum pontis
id
UBERON:0003023
Term relations
Subclass of:
- structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
- ectoderm-derived structure
- organ part
- has part some superior olivary complex
- has part some locus ceruleus
- has part some pontine raphe nucleus
- has part some superior salivatory nucleus
- part of some pons
Related from:
part of
- principal sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve
- pontine reticular formation
- ventral trigeminal tract
- vestibulocerebellar tract
- motor nucleus of trigeminal nerve
- ventral nucleus of lateral lemniscus
- pontine raphe nucleus
- genu of facial nerve
- tectopontine tract
- medial lemniscus of pons
- medial parabrachial nucleus
- spinal trigeminal tract of pons
- olivocochlear bundle
- decussation of trochlear nerve
- central tegmental tract of pons
- dorsal trigeminal tract
- spinothalamic tract of pons
- vestibulocochlear nerve root
- nucleus incertus
- supragenual nucleus of pontine tegmentum
- white matter of pontine tegmentum
- superior cerebellar peduncle of pons
- lateral parabrachial nucleus
- uncinate fasciculus
- locus ceruleus
- superior salivatory nucleus
- superior olivary complex