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area postrema

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002162

A small, rounded eminence on each side of the fourth ventricle, which receives nerve fibers from the solitary nucleus , spinal cord, and adjacent areas of the medulla. The area postrema lies outside the blood-brain barrier and its functions include acting as an emetic chemoreceptor. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_postrema MESH:A08.186.211.132.810.406.286 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • UMLS:C0228530 (BIRNLEX:2636)
  • BTO:0003425
  • MA:0001034
  • UMLS:C1289468 (BIRNLEX:2636)
  • neuronames:772 (BIRNLEX:2636)
  • HBA:9522
  • DHBA:12807
  • BAMS:AP
  • BIRNLEX:2636
  • MESH:D031608
  • ZFA:0005146
  • MBA:207
  • GAID:591
  • Wikipedia:Area_postrema
  • EMAPA:35143
  • TAO:0005146
  • FMA:72607
  • SCTID:369039005
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

RO 0002171

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002591, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002866, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002126, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002610, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002873, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002864, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007633

UBPROP 0000001

An area of medulla oblongata, outside the blood-brain barrier. The apical terminals of the neurons are, in a strategic location either to monitor the chemical constitution of the plasma or to release neurogenic substances into the general circulation. Ma 1997.[TAO]

UBPROP 0000009

vomiting center in humans

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Gray709.png

has related synonym

chemoreceptor trigger zone

id

UBERON:0002162

prefLabel

Area postrema