Preferred Label : hindbrain;
Uberon definition : The most posterior of the three principal regions of the brain. In mammals and birds
the hindbrain is divided into a rostral metencephalon and a caudal myelencephalon.
In zebrafish, with the exception of the cerebellum, the ventral remainder of the metencephalon
can be separated only arbitrarily from the more caudal myelencephalic portion of the
medulla oblongata (From: Neuroanatomy of the Zebrafish Brain)[ZFA]. Organ component
of neuraxis that has as its parts the pons, cerebellum and medulla oblongata[FMA].;
Uberon related term : rhombencephalon;
Uberon Homology note : Fine structural, computerized three-dimensional (3D) mapping of cell connectivity
in the amphioxus nervous system and comparative molecular genetic studies of amphioxus
and tunicates have provided recent insights into the phylogenetic origin of the vertebrate
nervous system. The results suggest that several of the genetic mechanisms for establishing
and patterning the vertebrate nervous system already operated in the ancestral chordate
and that the nerve cord of the proximate invertebrate ancestor of the vertebrates
included a diencephalon, midbrain, hindbrain, and spinal cord.[well established][VHOG];
Origin ID : 0002028;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Uberon cross reference
- adjacent to
- contributes to morphology of
- develops from
- has part
- immediate transformation of
- part of
The most posterior of the three principal regions of the brain. In mammals and birds
the hindbrain is divided into a rostral metencephalon and a caudal myelencephalon.
In zebrafish, with the exception of the cerebellum, the ventral remainder of the metencephalon
can be separated only arbitrarily from the more caudal myelencephalic portion of the
medulla oblongata (From: Neuroanatomy of the Zebrafish Brain)[ZFA]. Organ component
of neuraxis that has as its parts the pons, cerebellum and medulla oblongata[FMA].
