Preferred Label : pineal body;
Uberon definition : A midline, cone like structure located in the dorso-caudal roof of the 3rd ventricle,
attached by peduncles to the habenular and posterior commissures. The stalk contains
nerve fibers, blood vessels, connective tissue and parenchymal cells (Paxinos, The
Rat Central Nervous System, 2nd ed, pg 399).;
Uberon synonym : pineal organ; pineal gland; corpus pineale;
Uberon related term : frontal organ; pineal gland (Galen); stirnorgan; epiphysis cerebri; conarium; pineal; epiphysis;
Uberon broad term : Pi;
Uberon Homology note : The pineal gland has evolved from a part of the epiphyseal complex of anamniotes,
which includes a median light-receptive pineal eye, parietal eye, or both.[well established][VHOG];
Uberon Taxon note : lobulated in humans, homogeneous in mouse. Calcifies with age in humans.;
Origin ID : 0001905;
UMLS CUI : C0031939;
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A midline, cone like structure located in the dorso-caudal roof of the 3rd ventricle,
attached by peduncles to the habenular and posterior commissures. The stalk contains
nerve fibers, blood vessels, connective tissue and parenchymal cells (Paxinos, The
Rat Central Nervous System, 2nd ed, pg 399).
