Part of the midbrain tectum, consisting of paired predominantly gray matter elevations on the dorsal aspect of the midbrain, located caudal to the superior colliculus, dorsal to the periaqueductal gray of the cerebral aqueduct and rostral to the cerebellum. According to Neuronames, the inferior colliculus comprises the central, pericentral and external nucleus and two predominantly white matter structures, the brachium of the inferior colliculus and the commissure of the inferior colliculus (MM). [ BIRNLEX:806 ]
Synonyms: posterior corpus quadrigeminum caudal colliculus inferior colliculi posterior colliculus
Term information
- UMLS:C0228411 (BIRNLEX:806)
- DHBA:12305
- BIRNLEX:806
- MBA:4
- HBA:9102
- FMA:62404
- DMBA:16692
- EV:0100246
- neuronames:476 (BIRNLEX:806)
- EFO:0002465
- MA:0001067
- BAMS:IC
- GAID:575
- EMAPA:32870
- MESH:D007245
- Wikipedia:Inferior_colliculus
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
colliculus caudalis
corpus bigeminum posterioris
corpus bigeminalis caudalis
corpus quadrigeminum inferius
colliculus inferior
Term relations
- lateral structure
- regional part of brain
- in lateral side of some midbrain tectum
- part of some corpora quadrigemina