Preferred Label : pontine flexure;
Uberon definition : A dorsally concave bend of the embryonic rhombencephalon that produces a thinning
of the roof of the pons and medulla oblongata and defines the boundary between the
metencephalon and myelencephalon in the embryo[MP].;
Uberon synonym : basicranial flexure; (embryonic) hindbrain flexure; transverse rhombencephalic flexure; pontal flexure;
Origin ID : 0005820;
continuous with
- part of
A dorsally concave bend of the embryonic rhombencephalon that produces a thinning
of the roof of the pons and medulla oblongata and defines the boundary between the
metencephalon and myelencephalon in the embryo[MP].
