Preferred Name | pineal body | |
Synonyms |
stirnorgan pineal conarium frontal organ epiphysis epiphysis cerebri pineal gland (Galen) Pi corpus pineale glandula pinealis pineal organ pineal gland |
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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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altLabel |
stirnorgan pineal conarium frontal organ epiphysis epiphysis cerebri pineal gland (Galen) Pi corpus pineale glandula pinealis pineal organ pineal gland |
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axiom_lost_from_external_ontology |
relationship loss: part_of pineal complex (TAO:0001359)[TAO] |
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ccf_is_provisional |
false |
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ccf_part_of | ||
ccf_pref_label |
pineal body |
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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 |
corpus pineale glandula pinealis pineal organ pineal gland |
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has related synonym |
stirnorgan pineal conarium frontal organ epiphysis epiphysis cerebri pineal gland (Galen) |
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has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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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 | ||
prefLabel |
pineal body |
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present in taxon | ||
taxon_notes |
lobulated in humans, homogeneous in mouse. Calcifies with age in humans. |
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treeView | ||
xRef |
neuronames:297 XAO:0000160 VHOG:0000051 EMAPA:18778 galen:PinealGland AAO:0010549 Wikipedia:Pineal_gland GAID:453 BAMS:PIN BTO:0001067 BAMS:Pi SCTID:181126002 UMLS:C0031939 MAT:0000448 EFO:0000865 ZFA:0000019 NCIT:C12398 CALOHA:TS-0789 HBA:4532 BIRNLEX:1184 TAO:0000019 DHBA:10460 NLXANAT:1010009 EV:0100131 MESH:D010870 BM:P MA:0000175 FMA:62033 MBA:953 EHDAA:7523 EV:0100221 EHDAA2:0001466 |
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mutually spatially disjoint with | ||
subClassOf |