midbrain tectum true EHDAA2:0004474 NCIT:C12460 t. mesencephali mesencephalic tectum BAMS:MTec BTO:0001793 FMA:83902 UBERON:0002314 http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=465 BAMS:Tec The tectum - a multisensory, topologically mapped structure in the roof of the midbrain presents a remarkable degree of conservation in all vertebrate radiations; although it varies in the extent of its development in different vertebrate classes, there is considerable evidence now to deem its layered structure, its cell types, and its hodological pattern as homologous in all vertebrates.[well established][VHOG] EMAPA:19051 HBA:9101 VHOG:0001388 BIRNLEX:1032 DHBA:12291 tectum mesencephali https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3987648 TAO:0001353 UMLS:C0039433 tectum BM:MB-Tec uberon MAT:0000451 MA:0000211 tectum of midbrain tectum mesencephalicum EFO:0000920 In adult humans it is present only in the mesencephalon as the inferior and the superior colliculi Dorsal part of the midbrain, consisting of the superior and inferior colliculi and the pretectal nuclei (MM). neuraxis tectum regional part of brain