pineal body

Term ID

UBERON:0001905

Synonyms

• conarium
• corpus pineale
• epiphysis
• epiphysis cerebri
• frontal organ
• glandula pinealis
• Pi
• pineal
• pineal gland
• pineal gland (Galen)
• pineal organ
• stirnorgan

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).

References

• AAO:0010549
• BAMS:PIN
• BAMS:Pi
• BM:P
• BTO:0001067
• CALOHA:TS-0789
• DHBA:10460
• EFO:0000865
• EHDAA2:0001466
• EHDAA:7523
• EMAPA:18778
• EV:0100131
• EV:0100221
• GAID:453
• HBA:4532
• MA:0000175
• MAT:0000448
• MBA:953
• MESH:D010870
• NCIT:C12398
• OpenCyc:Mx4rv2FMGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
• Pineal:gland
• TAO:0000019
• UMLS:C0031939
• VHOG:0000051
• XAO:0000160
• ZFA:0000019
• birnlex:1184
• galen:PinealGland
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=297
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0031939
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181126002
• nlx_anat:1010009

Ontology

Cell Ontology