Where in the human body is the tectum?
Tectum Tectum The tectum (Latin: "roof") is a region of the brain, specifically the dorsal (top) part of the midbrain (mesencephalon). The position of the tectum is contrasted with the tegmentum, which refers to the region ventral (lower) to the ventricular system. The tectum is responsible for auditory and visual reflexes. The optic tectum projects through the reticular formation and interacts with motor neurons in the brain stem. These connections are important for the recognition and reaction to various sized objects which is facilitated by excitatory optic nerve transmitters like L-glutamate. Recent lesion studies have suggested that the tectum has no
Genoplesium tectum woodland and is only known from an area south of Cardwell. Genoplesium tectum Genoplesium tectum, commonly known as the Cardwell midge orchid, is a small terrestrial orchid endemic to a small area in north-eastern Queensland. It has a single thin leaf fused to the flowering stem and up to thirty light red flowers with a dark reddish-black, hairy labellum. "Genoplesium tectum" is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single thin leaf with a reddish base and long, fused to the flowering stem with the free part long. Between five and thirty flowers are well spaced