Term Name: midbrain-hindbrain boundary
Synonyms: isthmic organizer territory, isthmo-cerebellar region, isthmus, isthmus/MHB, MHB, mid-hindbrain boundary, mid-hindbrain junction, midbrain hindbrain boundary
Definition: The part of the brain that is the morphological boundary between the midbrain and hindbrain and that is the location of an organizing center which patterns the midbrain and hindbrain primordia of the neural plate.
Ontology: Cell Ontology [UBERON:0003052]

Relationships
is part of: brain
has parts: intervening zone
is a type of: anatomical junction ectoderm-derived structure structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
immediate_transformation_of: midbrain hindbrain boundary neural plate
inverse disjoint_from: isthmus of thyroid gland