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Brain Stem

Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Brain Stem. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Brain Stem.

Sub-Categories

• Mesencephalon
  • Locus Coeruleus
  • Raphe Nuclei
  • Tectum Mesencephali
    • Inferior Colliculi
    • Superior Colliculi
  • Tegmentum Mesencephali
    • Cerebral Aqueduct
    • Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus
    • Periaqueductal Gray
    • Red Nucleus
    • Substantia Nigra
    • Ventral Tegmental Area
• Reticular Formation
  • Respiratory Center
• Rhombencephalon
  • Medulla Oblongata
    • Area Postrema
    • Olivary Nucleus
    • Solitary Nucleus
  • Metencephalon
    • Cerebellum
      • Cerebellar Cortex
        • Purkinje Cells
      • Cerebellar Nuclei
      • Cerebellopontine Angle
    • Pons
      • Cochlear Nucleus
      • Locus Coeruleus
      • Vestibular Nuclei
        • Vestibular Nucleus, Lateral
  • Raphe Nuclei
• Trigeminal Nuclei
  • Trigeminal Nucleus, Spinal
    • Trigeminal Caudal Nucleus

Terms

Area Postrema - A small, rounded eminence on each side of the FOURTH VENTRICLE, which receives nerve fibers from the...

Brain Stem - The part of the brain that connects the cerebral hemispheres with the spinal cord. It consists of th...

Cerebellar Cortex - The superficial gray matter of the cerebellum. It consists of two main layers, the stratum molecular...

Cerebellar Nuclei - Four accumulations of gray substance embedded in the white substance of the cerebellum, comprising t...

Cerebellopontine Angle - Junction between the cerebellum and the pons....

Cerebellum - The part of brain that lies behind the BRAIN STEM in the posterior base of skull (CRANIAL FOSSA, POS...

Cerebral Aqueduct - Narrow channel in the mesencephalon that connects the third and fourth ventricles....

Cochlear Nucleus - The brain stem nucleus that receives the central input from the cochlear nerve. The cochlear nucleus...

Inferior Colliculi - The posterior pair of the quadrigeminal bodies which contain centers for auditory function....

Locus Coeruleus - Bluish region in the superior angle of the fourth ventricle floor, corresponding to melanin-like pig...

Locus Coeruleus - Bluish region in the superior angle of the fourth ventricle floor, corresponding to melanin-like pig...

Medulla Oblongata - The lower portion of the BRAIN STEM. It is inferior to the PONS and anterior to the CEREBELLUM. Medu...

Mesencephalon - The middle of the three primitive cerebral vesicles of the embryonic brain. Without further subdivis...

Metencephalon - The anterior portion of the developing hindbrain. It gives rise to the CEREBELLUM and the PONS....

Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus - Dense collection of cells in the caudal pontomesencephalic tegmentum known to play a role in the fun...

Periaqueductal Gray - Central gray matter surrounding the cerebral aqueduct in the mesencephalon. Physiologically it is pr...

Pons - The front part of hindbrain that lies between MEDULLA OBLONGATA and the midbrain (MESENCEPHALON) ven...

Purkinje Cells - The output neurons of the cerebellar cortex....

Raphe Nuclei - Collections of small neurons centrally scattered among many fibers from the level of the trochlear n...

Raphe Nuclei - Collections of small neurons centrally scattered among many fibers from the level of the trochlear n...

Red Nucleus - A pinkish-yellow portion of the midbrain situated in the rostral mesencephalic tegmentum. It receive...

Reticular Formation - A region extending from the PONS & MEDULLA OBLONGATA through the MESENCEPHALON, characterized by a d...

Rhombencephalon - The posterior of the three primitive cerebral vesicles of an embryonic brain. It consists of myelenc...

Solitary Nucleus - Gray matter located in the dorsomedial part of the MEDULLA OBLONGATA associated with the solitary tr...

Substantia Nigra - The black substance in the ventral midbrain or the nucleus of cells containing the black substance. ...

Superior Colliculi - The anterior pair of the quadrigeminal bodies which contain the centers for visual function....

Tectum Mesencephali - The dorsal portion or roof of the midbrain. It is composed of two pairs of bumps, the inferior and t...

Tegmentum Mesencephali - The portion of midbrain situated under the dorsal TECTUM MESENCEPHALI. The two ventrolateral cylindr...

Trigeminal Caudal Nucleus - The caudal portion of the nucleus of the spinal trigeminal tract (TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS, SPINAL), a nuc...

Trigeminal Nuclei - Nuclei of the trigeminal nerve situated in the brain stem. They include the nucleus of the spinal tr...

Trigeminal Nucleus, Spinal - Nucleus of the spinal tract of the trigeminal nerve. It is divided cytoarchitectonically into three ...

Ventral Tegmental Area - A region in the mesencephalon which is dorsomedial to the substantia nigra and ventral to the red nu...

Vestibular Nuclei - The four cellular masses in the floor of the fourth ventricle giving rise to a widely dispersed spec...

Vestibular Nucleus, Lateral - Vestibular nucleus lying immediately superior to the inferior vestibular nucleus and composed of lar...

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