Brainstem
System
Nervous
SNOMED CT
180925009
Brainstem
Definition
'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).
Also known as brain stem, truncus encephali — per UBERON
The Brainstem is a part of the Nervous.
Also identified as
Associated Diseases
| Disease | Involvement | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Adult brain stem neoplasm | Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Adult brainstem glioma | Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Adult brainstem glioma | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Benign neoplasm of brain stem | Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Benign neoplasm of brain stem | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Brain stem astrocytic neoplasm | Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Brain stem astrocytic neoplasm | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Brain stem ependymoma | Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Brain stem ependymoma | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Brain stem glioblastoma | Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Brain stem glioblastoma | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Brain stem glioma | Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Brain stem glioma | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Brain stem hemangioblastoma | Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Brain stem hemangioblastoma | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Brainstem cancer | Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Brainstem intraparenchymal clear cell meningioma | Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Brainstem intraparenchymal clear cell meningioma | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Brainstem neoplasm | Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Childhood brain stem glioma | Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Childhood brain stem glioma | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Childhood brain stem neoplasm | Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Childhood brainstem astrocytoma | Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Childhood brainstem astrocytoma | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma | Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |