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). [ BIRNLEX:923 ]
Synonyms: dorsal pons tegmental portion of pons dorsal portion of pons tegmentum pontis tegmentum of pons
Term information
- BIRNLEX:923
- UMLS:C0228426 (BIRNLEX:923)
- DHBA:12416
- SCTID:362401009
- MESH:D065821
- neuronames:557 (BIRNLEX:923)
- HBA:9135
- FMA:71108
- Wikipedia:Pontine_tegmentum
- BAMS:PTg
uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- organ part
- cellular anatomical structure
- has part some superior olivary complex
- has part some locus ceruleus
- has part some pontine raphe nucleus
- has part some superior salivatory nucleus
- part of some pons