Preferred Label : pontine tegmentum;
Uberon definition : 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).;
Uberon synonym : dorsal portion of pons; tegmental portion of pons; dorsal pons; tegmentum of pons;
Uberon Function note : involved in the initiation of REM sleep [Wikipedia:Pontine_tegmentum];
Origin ID : 0003023;
UMLS CUI : C0228426;
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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).
