Preferred Label : epithalamus;
Uberon definition : Most dorsal part of the thalamus, comprising the pineal gland and habenular nuclei
in most vertebrates. In a few vertebrates, it also includes the parietal eye. (Butler
and Hodos, Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy, 2nd ed, 2005, pg. 345-346.;
Uberon broad term : ETh;
Uberon Homology note : The epithalamus has been historically conceived as a distinct neuroanatomical moiety
within the diencephalon of all vertebrates. (...) The evolutionary origins of epithalamic
structures are uncertain but asymmetry in this region is likely to have existed at
the origin of the vertebrate, perhaps even the chordate, lineage.[well established][VHOG];
Origin ID : 0001899;
UMLS CUI : C0152361;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- False automatic mappings
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Uberon cross reference
- contributes to morphology of
- has part
- part of
Most dorsal part of the thalamus, comprising the pineal gland and habenular nuclei
in most vertebrates. In a few vertebrates, it also includes the parietal eye. (Butler
and Hodos, Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy, 2nd ed, 2005, pg. 345-346.
