The posterior section of the developing metencephalon recognized transiently within the vertebrate embryo; the rhombic lip extends posteriorly from the roof of the fourth ventricle to dorsal neuroepithelial cell and can be divided into eight structural units based on rhombomeres 1-8 (r1-r8), recognized at early stages of hindbrain development; producing granule cells and five brainstem nuclei, the rhombic lip plays an important role in developing a complex cerebellar neural system. [ MP:0012525 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna ]
Term information
- EHDAA2:0000231
- TAO:0001440
- XAO:0004135
- Wikipedia:Rhombic_lips
- ZFA:0001440
- DHBA:10664
- EMAPA:17074
pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
presumptive cerebellum
rostral rhombic lip
cerebellar primordium
dorsal part of alar plate of metencephalon
cerebellum primordium
future cerebellum
cerebellar anlage
Term relations
- presumptive structure
- primordium
- has potential to develop into some cerebellum
- part of some future metencephalon