Predominantly gray matter midbrain structure lying dorsal to the crus cerebri and ventral to the midbrain tegmentum. It is divided into a dorsal, cellularly compact region known as the pars compacta and a more ventrally located, containing more loosely packed cells, the pars reticulata. The most lateral region of the reticulata is identified as the pars lateralis (MM). [ ]
Synonyms: Soemmering's substance nucleus of basis pedunculi
Term information
- MA:0000210
- GAID:581
- FMA:67947
- CALOHA:TS-0990
- MAT:0000504
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substantia_nigra
- EFO:0000922
- BTO:0000143
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/279286002
- null:http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=536
- BAMS:SN
- MESH:A08.186.211.132.659.687
- BIRNLEX:789
- VHOG:0001573
- NCIT:C12453
- HBA:9072
- UMLS:C0038590 (BIRNLEX:789)
- UMLS:C1269578 (BIRNLEX:789)
- DHBA:12251
- EV:0100247
- EMAPA:35835
- UMLS:C0038590 (ncithesaurus:Substantia_Nigra)
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0038590
- null:http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=536 (BIRNLEX:789)
- EHDAA2:0004711
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1269578
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
Term relations
- midbrain nucleus
- contributes to morphology of some collection of basal ganglia
- in_lateral_side_of some midbrain
- part of some basal ganglion
- contributes to morphology of some midbrain