brainstem in dogs

Stalk-like part of the brain that includes amongst its parts the medulla oblongata of the hindbrain and the tegmentum of the midbrain[ZFA,MP,generalized]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the brainstem is

Stalk-like part of the brain that includes amongst its parts the medulla oblongata of the hindbrain and the tegmentum of the midbrain[ZFA,MP,generalized]. The atlas records it as a nerve at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the brainstem is

It sits within the nervous system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What the brainstem connects to

The atlas records 19 typed relationships for it, across 6 kinds of connection. part of anatomical entity, brain and nervous system.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the brainstem. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as brain stem, truncus encephali, accessory medullary lamina of pallidum, lamella pallidi incompleta, lamina medullaris accessoria and lamina medullaris incompleta pallidi, and 2 more. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002298, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: anatomical entity, brain and nervous system.
• A kind of: anatomical structure.
• contains: medulla oblongata, midbrain tegmentum, brainstem nucleus, brainstem white matter, laterodorsal tegmental nucleus and medial lemniscus, and 3 more.
• contributes to morphology of: brain, cochlear nucleus and pons.
• overlaps: hindbrain and uncinate fasciculus.
• Continuous with: spinal cord.

Questions

Where is the brainstem?

It sits within the nervous system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What does the brainstem connect to?

Part of: anatomical entity, brain and nervous system.

Is the brainstem the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.