mammillary peduncle

Term ID

UBERON:0002720

Synonyms

• mammillary peduncle (Meynert)
• MPE
• pedunculus corporis mamillaris
• pedunculus corporis mammillaris

Definition

White matter bundle in the posterior hypothalamus containing ascending afferent fibers to the mammillary bodies from the ventral and dorsal tegmental nuclei (Brodal, Neurological Anatomy, 3rd ed., 1981, pg 671).

References

• BAMS:mp
• BAMS:mpe
• DHBA:266441609
• DMBA:17780
• HBA:265505166
• MBA:673
• UMLS:C0152358
• UMLS:C1289573
• birnlex:1486
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=425
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0152358
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1289573
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/369146004

Ontology

Uberon Ontology