part of has part capable of contributes to morphology of pinealocyte interstitial cell of pineal gland melatonin biosynthetic process epithalamus pineal body BTO:0001067 EV:0100221 galen:PinealGland frontal organ MESH:D010870 GAID:453 pineal gland Pi corpus pineale NCIT:C12398 DHBA:10460 BAMS:PIN MA:0000175 EFO:0000865 glandula pinealis XAO:0000160 EHDAA2:0001466 epiphysis cerebri NLXANAT:1010009 EHDAA:7523 SCTID:181126002 CALOHA:TS-0789 conarium pineal VHOG:0000051 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). AAO:0010549 pineal gland (Galen) EMAPA:18778 MAT:0000448 pineal organ BAMS:Pi EV:0100131 epiphysis MBA:953 BIRNLEX:1184 TAO:0000019 BM:P ZFA:0000019 FMA:62033 Wikipedia:Pineal_gland HBA:4532 stirnorgan gland of diencephalon secretory circumventricular organ pineal complex