median eminence of neurohypophysis

Term ID

UBERON:0002197

Synonyms

• eminentia medialis (Shantha)
• eminentia mediana
• eminentia mediana hypothalami
• eminentia postinfundibularis
• ME
• medial eminence
• median eminence
• median eminence of hypothalamus
• median eminence of posterior lobe of pituitary gland
• median eminence of tuber cinereum

Definition

Elevation on the ventral surface of the brain located at the zone of attachment between the hypothalamic floor and the hypophysis (Butler and Hodos, Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy, 2nd ed., 2005, pg. 446).

References

• AAO:0010539
• BAMS:ME
• BM:ME
• BTO:0001954
• DHBA:13338
• DMBA:15689
• EHDAA2:0001080
• EHDAA:7540
• EMAPA:17521
• GAID:463
• HBA:12916
• MA:0000859
• MBA:10671
• MESH:A06.407.747.734.500
• Median:eminence
• UMLS:C0025056
• VHOG:0001179
• birnlex:925
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=402
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0025056
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/369121004

Ontology

Uberon Ontology