Pontine tegmentum
System
Nervous
SNOMED CT
362401009
Pontine tegmentum
Definition
Dorsal portion of the pons, containing cranial nervee nuclei, ascending and descending tracts and reticular nuclei. It is continuous with the reticular formation of the medulla (Carpenter, A Core Text of Neuroanatomy, 3rd ed, 1985, pg 133).
Also known as dorsal pons, dorsal portion of pons, tegmental portion of pons, tegmentum of pons, tegmentum pontis — per UBERON
The Pontine tegmentum is a part of the Nervous.