pontine tegmentum

Preferred Label : pontine tegmentum;

RADLEX synonyms : tegmental portion of pons; tegmentum of pons; dorsal portion of pons;

Definition : Dorsal subdivision of the pons. It contains cranial nerve nuclei, reticular and other nuclei and many descending and ascending fiber pathways.;

Details

Origin ID

RID15689;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Pontine Tegmentum [MeSH Descriptor]
- Pontine Tegmentum [MeSH concept]
- Pontine tegmentum [FMA entity]
- Structure of tegmental portion of pons (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- pontine tegmentum [UBERON concept]
FMA entity(ies)
- Pontine tegmentum [FMA entity]
Has part(s)
- abducens nerve tract [Radlex concept]
- ascending tract of facial nerve [Radlex concept]
- central tegmental tract of pons [Radlex concept]
- decussation of trochlear nerve [Radlex concept]
- descending tract of facial nerve [Radlex concept]
- dorsal acoustic stria [Radlex concept]
- dorsal longitudinal fasciculus of pons [Radlex concept]
- dorsal nucleus of lateral lemniscus [Radlex concept]
- dorsal trigeminal tract [Radlex concept]
- genu of facial nerve [Radlex concept]
- intermediate acoustic stria [Radlex concept]
- lateral lemniscus [Radlex concept]
- lateral parabrachial nucleus [Radlex concept]
- locus coeruleus [Radlex concept]
- medial lemniscus of pons [Radlex concept]
- medial longitudinal fasciculus of pons [Radlex concept]
- medial parabrachial nucleus [Radlex concept]
- mesencephalic tract of trigeminal nerve [Radlex concept]
- nucleus subceruleus [Radlex concept]
- olivocochlear tract [Radlex concept]
- peduncle of superior olive [Radlex concept]
- pontine raphe nucleus [Radlex concept]
- pontine reticular formation [Radlex concept]
- spinal trigeminal tract of pons [Radlex concept]
- spinothalamic tract of pons [Radlex concept]
- superior cerebellar peduncle [Radlex concept]
- superior olivary nucleus [Radlex concept]
- superior salivatory nucleus [Radlex concept]
- tectopontine tract [Radlex concept]
- trapezoid body [Radlex concept]
- trigeminal nerve tract [Radlex concept]
- trigeminal nuclear complex [Radlex concept]
- uncinate fasciculus of pons [Radlex concept]
- ventral acoustic stria [Radlex concept]
- ventral nucleus of lateral lemniscus [Radlex concept]
- ventral trigeminal tract [Radlex concept]
- vestibulocerebellar tract [Radlex concept]
- vestibulocochlear nerve tract [Radlex concept]
Part of
- pons [Radlex concept]

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