tegmental

Of or pertaining to tegmentum, or the ventral portion of the mesencephalon.

Adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to tegmentum, or the ventral portion of the mesencephalon.
    • The projections to the frontal lobe that are damaged in schizophrenia originate in the ventral tegmental area.

Origin

Etymology tree English tegmentum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English tegmental From tegmentum + -al.

Derived

mammillotegmental mammilotegmental pallidotegmental reticulotegmental transtegmental ventral tegmental area