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Descriptor English: Tectum Mesencephali
Descriptor Spanish: Techo del Mesencéfalo
Descriptor techo del mesencéfalo
Entry term(s) colículos
cuerpos cuadrigéminos
lámina cuadrigémina
lámina tectal
placa cuadrigémina
placa tectal
techo mesencefálico
tubérculos cuadrigéminos
Scope note: Porción dorsal del mesencéfalo, en la que se localizan dos pares de protrusiones, los COLÍCULOS INFERIORES y los COLÍCULOS SUPERIORES (denominados también tubérculos cuadrigéminos), que asientan en la lámina cuadrigémina. Se trata de centros para la integración sensitivomotora.
Descriptor Portuguese: Teto do Mesencéfalo
Descriptor French: Tectum du mésencéphale
Entry term(s): Colliculus Commissure, Inferior
Colliculus Commissure, Superior
Colliculus Commissures, Inferior
Colliculus Commissures, Superior
Commissure of Inferior Colliculus
Commissure of Superior Colliculus
Corpora Quadrigemina
Inferior Colliculus Commissure
Inferior Colliculus Commissures
Lamina Quadrigemina
Mesencephalus, Tectum
Plate, Quadrigeminal
Plates, Quadrigeminal
Quadrigemina, Corpora
Quadrigemina, Lamina
Quadrigeminal Plate
Quadrigeminal Plates
Superior Colliculus Commissure
Superior Colliculus Commissures
Tectal Plate
Tectum Mesencephalus
Tree number(s): A08.186.211.132.659.800
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003336
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.
Annotation: do not confuse with TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2008; see CORPORA QUADRIGEMIA 1963-2007
History Note: 2008 (1963)
DeCS ID: 22403
Unique ID: D003336
NLM Classification: WL 310
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/23
Tectum Mesencephali - Preferred
Concept UI M0005205
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.
Preferred term Tectum Mesencephali
Entry term(s) Mesencephalus, Tectum
Tectum Mesencephalus
Commissure of Superior Colliculus - Narrower
Concept UI M0593362
Preferred term Commissure of Superior Colliculus
Entry term(s) Colliculus Commissure, Superior
Colliculus Commissures, Superior
Superior Colliculus Commissure
Superior Colliculus Commissures
Commissure of Inferior Colliculus - Narrower
Concept UI M0593363
Preferred term Commissure of Inferior Colliculus
Entry term(s) Colliculus Commissure, Inferior
Colliculus Commissures, Inferior
Inferior Colliculus Commissure
Inferior Colliculus Commissures
Corpora Quadrigemina - Narrower
Concept UI M0005204
Preferred term Corpora Quadrigemina
Entry term(s) Lamina Quadrigemina
Plate, Quadrigeminal
Plates, Quadrigeminal
Quadrigemina, Corpora
Quadrigemina, Lamina
Quadrigeminal Plate
Quadrigeminal Plates
Tectal Plate



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