loading...| Preferred Name |
area postrema |
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| Synonyms |
AP chemoreceptor trigger zone |
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| Definitions |
A small, rounded eminence on each side of the fourth ventricle, which receives nerve fibers from the solitary nucleus , spinal cord, and adjacent areas of the medulla. The area postrema lies outside the blood-brain barrier and its functions include acting as an emetic chemoreceptor. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002162 |
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| database_cross_reference |
UMLS:C0228530 Wikipedia:Area_postrema TAO:0005146 SCTID:369039005 UMLS:C1289468 ZFA:0005146 MESH:D031608 BTO:0003425 BIRNLEX:2636 EMAPA:35143 neuronames:772 BAMS:AP DHBA:12807 FMA:72607 GAID:591 HBA:9522 MA:0001034 MBA:207 |
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| definition |
A small, rounded eminence on each side of the fourth ventricle, which receives nerve fibers from the solitary nucleus , spinal cord, and adjacent areas of the medulla. The area postrema lies outside the blood-brain barrier and its functions include acting as an emetic chemoreceptor. |
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| depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Gray709.png |
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| external_definition |
An area of medulla oblongata, outside the blood-brain barrier. The apical terminals of the neurons are, in a strategic location either to monitor the chemical constitution of the plasma or to release neurogenic substances into the general circulation. Ma 1997.[TAO] |
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| function_notes |
vomiting center in humans |
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| has_broad_synonym |
AP |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
chemoreceptor trigger zone |
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| id |
UBERON:0002162 |
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| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#vertebrate_core |
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| label |
area postrema |
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| notation |
UBERON:0002162 |
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| prefLabel |
area postrema |
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| mutually_spatially_disjoint_with |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002126 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002873 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002610 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007633 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002866 |
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