Stalk-like part of the brain that includes amongst its parts the medulla oblongata of the hindbrain and the tegmentum of the midbrain[ZFA,MP,generalized]. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0471888893 MP:0005277 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainstem ZFA:0001707 ]
Synonyms: brain stem
Term information
- NCIT:C12441
- TAO:0002156
- MESH:D001933
- FMA:79876
- BAMS:BS
- SCTID:180925009
- VHOG:0001457
- ZFA:0001707
- Wikipedia:Brainstem
- EMAPA:32678
- MA:0000169
- BTO:0000146
- BIRNLEX:1565
- MBA:343
- EV:0100241
- EFO:0001962
- CALOHA:TS-0093
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
'brainstem' is a loose term that sometimes refers to the ventral parts o the brain except for any part of the telencephalon - sometimes it includes the diencephalon or subpallial telencephalon structures (ISBN:0471888893). Here we use it in a more restriced sense, to include only the medulla oblongata, pons (when present) and the midbrain tegmentum (following the ZFA definitions).
Term relations
- regional part of brain
- has part some midbrain tegmentum
- continuous with some spinal cord
- has part some medulla oblongata
- contributes to morphology of some brain