Skip to main content
An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Full

Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. nervous system
  3. central nervous system
  4. brain
  5. brain stem
  6. mesencephalon
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. nervous system
  3. central nervous system
  4. brain
  5. brain stem
  6. mesencephalon
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. nervous system
  3. central nervous system
  4. brain
  5. brain stem
  6. mesencephalon
  1. Fields of Study
  2. nervous system
  3. central nervous system
  4. brain
  5. brain stem
  6. mesencephalon
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. nervous system
  3. central nervous system
  4. brain
  5. brain stem
  6. mesencephalon
  1. Fields of Study
  2. nervous system
  3. central nervous system
  4. brain
  5. brain stem
  6. mesencephalon
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. nervous system
  3. central nervous system
  4. brain
  5. brain stem
  6. mesencephalon
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal anatomy
  3. animal organs
  4. brain
  5. brain stem
  6. mesencephalon
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. animal anatomy
  3. animal organs
  4. brain
  5. brain stem
  6. mesencephalon
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. animal anatomy
  3. animal organs
  4. brain
  5. brain stem
  6. mesencephalon
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal anatomy
  3. animal organs
  4. brain
  5. brain stem
  6. mesencephalon
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal anatomy
  3. animal organs
  4. brain
  5. brain stem
  6. mesencephalon
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal anatomy
  3. animal organs
  4. brain
  5. brain stem
  6. mesencephalon
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal anatomy
  3. animal organs
  4. brain
  5. brain stem
  6. mesencephalon

Preferred term

mesencephalon

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The middle of the three primitive cerebral vesicles of the embryonic brain. without further subdivision, midbrain develops into a short, constricted portion connecting the pons and the diencephalon. midbrain contains two major parts, the dorsal tectum mesencephali and the ventral tegmentum mesencephali, housing components of auditory, visual, and other sensorimoter systems.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

In other languages

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/334166

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 9/25/19, last modified 12/16/19