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Preferred term

Tectum Mesencephali  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Colliculus Commissure, Inferior
  • Colliculus Commissure, Superior
  • Commissure of Inferior Colliculus
  • Commissure of Superior Colliculus
  • Corpora Quadrigemina
  • Inferior Colliculus Commissure
  • Inferior Colliculus Commissures
  • Superior Colliculus Commissure
  • Superior Colliculus Commissures

Note

  • do not confuse with TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI

Scope note

  • The dorsal portion or roof of the midbrain which is composed of two pairs of bumps, the INFERIOR COLLICULI and the SUPERIOR COLLICULI. These four colliculi are also called the quadrigeminal bodies (TECTUM MESENCEPHALI). They are centers for sensorimotor integration.

History note

  • 2008 (1963)

In other languages

  • nelikukkulat

    Finnish

  • corpora quadrigemina
  • keskiaivojen nelikukkulat
  • tectum mesencepahli
  • Tectum mesencephali

    Swedish

  • Corpora quadrigemina
  • Nedre collikelen
  • Nedre fyrhögen
  • Övre collikeln
  • Övre fyrhögen

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003336

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