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Descriptor English: Superior Colliculi
Descriptor Spanish: Colículos Superiores
Descriptor colículos superiores
Entry term(s) cuerpo cuadrigémino superior
lóbulo óptico de mamífero
lóbulo óptico humano
lóbulo óptico mamífero
techo óptico
tubérculo cuadrigémino anterior
tubérculo cuadrigémino superior
Scope note: Par anterior de los tubérculos cuadrigéminos, que coordinan el comportamiento general para orientar las respuestas ante estímulos visuales, como la rotación de todo el cuerpo, y el estiramiento.
Descriptor Portuguese: Colículos Superiores
Descriptor French: Colliculus supérieurs
Entry term(s): Anterior Colliculus
Colliculi, Superior
Colliculus, Anterior
Colliculus, Superior
Human Optic Lobe
Human Optic Lobes
Mammalian Optic Lobe
Mammalian Optic Lobes
Optic Lobe, Human
Optic Lobe, Mammalian
Optic Lobes, Human
Optic Lobes, Mammalian
Optic Tectum
Optic Tectums
Superior Colliculus
Tectum, Optic
Tectums, Optic
Tree number(s): A08.186.211.132.659.800.816
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013477
Scope note: The anterior pair of the quadrigeminal bodies which coordinate the general behavioral orienting responses to visual stimuli, such as whole-body turning, and reaching.
Annotation: note entry term OPTIC LOBE, MAMMALIAN: OPTIC LOBE, NONMAMMALIAN is also available
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
Previous Indexing: Corpora Quadrigemina (1966-1970)
Public MeSH Note: 2008; see SUPERIOR COLLICULUS 1971-2007; for OPTIC LOBE, HUMAN see CORPORA QUADRIGEMINA 2004-2007
History Note: 2008 (1971); for OPTIC LOBE, HUMAN use CORPORA QUADRIGEMINA 2004-2007
DeCS ID: 28080
Unique ID: D013477
NLM Classification: WL 310
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1971/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/23
Superior Colliculi - Preferred
Concept UI M0020820
Scope note The anterior pair of the quadrigeminal bodies which coordinate the general behavioral orienting responses to visual stimuli, such as whole-body turning, and reaching.
Preferred term Superior Colliculi
Entry term(s) Anterior Colliculus
Colliculi, Superior
Colliculus, Anterior
Colliculus, Superior
Mammalian Optic Lobe
Mammalian Optic Lobes
Optic Lobe, Mammalian
Optic Lobes, Mammalian
Optic Tectum
Optic Tectums
Superior Colliculus
Tectum, Optic
Tectums, Optic
Optic Lobe, Human - Narrower
Concept UI M0502432
Preferred term Optic Lobe, Human
Entry term(s) Human Optic Lobe
Human Optic Lobes
Optic Lobes, Human



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