Talk:Tectum

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Appearance in other vertebrates
Is the tectum part of the human brain in particular, or of brains in general? RJFJR 07:33, Jan 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * It's part of all vertebrate brains: "The map of the retina onto the optic tectum is a highly conserved feature of the vertebrate visual system"  dsws 16:32, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Braininfo appears to list the "pretectal region" as part of the tectum. I'm not adding it to the article so far, though, because it doesn't make sense to me. dsws 03:54, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Requested move 28 February 2017

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: page moved. Andrewa (talk) 22:22, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Midbrain tectum → Tectum – Unnecessary use of midbrain. Google search over a million more hits. Tegmentum is not labelled midbrain tegmentum. Iztwoz (talk) 07:22, 28 February 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. Andrewa (talk) 09:27, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Support Tectum redirects here; "midbrain" is unnecessarily --Tom (LT) (talk) 07:51, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Support Concur with unnecessary use of midbrain PriceDL (talk) 05:09, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Relisting comment: Another interesting backstory. 15:10, 14 May 2006‎ Diberri (talk | contribs | block)‎ . . (29 bytes) (+29)‎ . . (moved Tectum to Midbrain tectum: there are other structures besides the midbrain one called tectum). User:Diberri is an experienced and highly knowledgeable contributor specialising in medical articles, but has not edited since October 2015. Both the IP 162.39.9.106 and the single purpose account User:Sudolph have been trying to replace the resulting redirect with advertising material promoting Tectum Inc., and have been reverted repeatedly. Relisted to see whether we can find out what's behind the claim that there are other structures besides the midbrain one called tectum. Andrewa (talk) 20:54, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Closing comment: There is obviously a valid consensus to move. Even if there are other structures besides the midbrain one called "tectum" (and nobody has disputed this, and given the Latin meaning of tectum it seems extremely likely), we have no articles on them yet, and in any case it seems likely that this is the primary topic. Andrewa (talk) 22:27, 16 March 2017 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Peer Review
I think the first paragraph provides a good basis and introduction to what you'll be describing. The structure section I would think about renaming as either components and list everything else that comprises the Tectum or as functions because it does discuss the 2 different parts of the tectum and their role. As for the structure section, what type of cells make up tectum in addition to other sections involved? Do they differ? Are they all the same? Have any studies been done to further understand the roles and structures? Another idea is to add a disease or illness section and discuss what happens if certain components of the tectum are destroyed and how that impacts its' function. It was mentioned in only adult humans these two parts of the tectum exist. How does this differ from other animals and organisms?Samei001 (talk) 05:32, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * A generally agreed upon way for how anatomical articles should be arranged is found here: WP:MEDMOS. Some examples to look at may be Stapes or Esophagus. --Tom (LT) (talk) 08:22, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Merged
Material on Optic tectum merged to Superior colliculus, and material on tectum merged to Midbrain where it redirects.--Iztwoz (talk) 15:54, 28 November 2019 (UTC)