pontine tegmentum
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003023
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). [ BIRNLEX:923 ]
Synonyms: dorsal pons, tegmental portion of pons, dorsal portion of pons, tegmentum pontis, tegmentum of pons
Term info
- neuronames:557 (BIRNLEX:923)
- HBA:9135
- SCTID:362401009
- BIRNLEX:923
- Wikipedia:Pontine_tegmentum
- BAMS:PTg
- UMLS:C0228426 (BIRNLEX:923)
- DHBA:12416
- MESH:D065821
- FMA:71108
uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas
involved in the initiation of REM sleep [Wikipedia:Pontine_tegmentum]
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Brainstem_Abducens.png
pars posterior pontis, pars dorsalis pontis, tegmentum pontis
uberon
UBERON:0003023
Pontine tegmentum, pontine tegmentum
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- ectoderm-derived structure
- Cardinal 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
- principal sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve
- pontine reticular formation
- ventral trigeminal tract
- vestibulocerebellar tract
- motor nucleus of trigeminal nerve
- 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
- white matter of pontine tegmentum
- superior cerebellar peduncle of pons
- lateral parabrachial nucleus
- locus ceruleus
- superior salivatory nucleus
- superior olivary complex
- pontine raphe nucleus
- ventral nucleus of lateral lemniscus