How is a class name used as a generic parameter?-CodePudding

I understand generics in C# and they are used to keep things strongly typed. I'm using Entity Framework and I'm seeing the < > syntax used, but it seems to be naming a parameter for a method as opposed to a type.
For example

services.AddDbContext<MyDbContext>(options => options.UseSqlServer(...));

MyDbContext is not a type, it's a class needed to link the DB and Models together. But how is the syntax used here? Shouldn't it be....

 services.AddDbContext(MyDbContext);

Clearly I'm not understanding something about syntax here.

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