loading...| Preferred Name |
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| Synonyms |
pineal organ corpus pineale pineal gland glandula pinealis Pi pineal gland (Galen) epiphysis cerebri frontal organ conarium epiphysis pineal stirnorgan |
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| Definitions |
A midline, cone like structure located in the dorso-caudal roof of the 3rd ventricle, attached by peduncles to the habenular and posterior commissures. The stalk contains nerve fibers, blood vessels, connective tissue and parenchymal cells (Paxinos, The Rat Central Nervous System, 2nd ed, pg 399). |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001905 |
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| axiom_lost_from_external_ontology |
relationship loss: part_of pineal complex (TAO:0001359)[TAO] |
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| database_cross_reference |
VHOG:0000051 MAT:0000448 NCIT:C12398 SCTID:181126002 NLXANAT:1010009 UMLS:C0031939 EMAPA:18778 EHDAA2:0001466 CALOHA:TS-0789 BIRNLEX:1184 MESH:D010870 ZFA:0000019 BTO:0001067 EFO:0000865 galen:PinealGland AAO:0010549 XAO:0000160 Wikipedia:Pineal_gland neuronames:297 TAO:0000019 BAMS:PIN BAMS:Pi BM:P DHBA:10460 EHDAA:7523 EV:0100131 EV:0100221 FMA:62033 GAID:453 HBA:4532 MA:0000175 MBA:953 |
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| definition |
A midline, cone like structure located in the dorso-caudal roof of the 3rd ventricle, attached by peduncles to the habenular and posterior commissures. The stalk contains nerve fibers, blood vessels, connective tissue and parenchymal cells (Paxinos, The Rat Central Nervous System, 2nd ed, pg 399). |
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| depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Illu_pituitary_pineal_glands.jpg https://ccf-ontology.hubmapconsortium.org/objects/v1.2/Allen_F_Brain.glb https://ccf-ontology.hubmapconsortium.org/objects/v1.2/Allen_M_Brain.glb |
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| external_definition |
A circumscribed swelling, includes the pineal primordium that appears late in the segmentation period in the dorsal midline of the diencephalon. Kimmel et al, 1995.[TAO] Anatomical structure which is a medial outgrowth of the thalamus on the dorsal surface of the brain. This structure is light sensitive and secretes melatonin when exposed to prolonged darkness.[AAO] |
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| has_broad_synonym |
Pi |
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| has_exact_synonym |
pineal organ corpus pineale pineal gland glandula pinealis |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
pineal gland (Galen) epiphysis cerebri frontal organ conarium epiphysis pineal stirnorgan |
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| has_relational_adjective |
epiphyseal epiphysial |
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| homology_notes |
The pineal gland has evolved from a part of the epiphyseal complex of anamniotes, which includes a median light-receptive pineal eye, parietal eye, or both.[well established][VHOG] |
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| id |
UBERON:0001905 |
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| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#efo_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#organ_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#vertebrate_core |
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| label |
pineal body |
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| notation |
UBERON:0001905 |
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| part_of |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001894 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000949 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001016 |
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| RO_0002175 | ||
| taxon_notes |
lobulated in humans, homogeneous in mouse. Calcifies with age in humans. |
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| treeView |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001894 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000949 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001016 |
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