- hypothalamic area intermediate
- a. hypothalamica intermedia.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
hypothalamic area intermediate
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area hypothalamica intermedia — [TA] intermediate hypothalamic area: the part of the hypothalamus comprising the lateral hypothalamic region and the following nuclei: arcuate, tuberal, ventromedial hypothalamic, dorsomedial hypothalamic, dorsal hypothalamic, posterior… … Medical dictionary
area hypothalamica lateralis — [TA] lateral hypothalamic area: a part of the intermediate hypothalamic area lateral to the fornix and the mammillothalamic fasciculus; called also lateral hypothalamic region … Medical dictionary
area — 1. [TA] Any circumscribed surface or space. 2. All of the part supplied by a given artery or nerve. 3. A part of an organ having a special function, as the motor a. of the brain. SEE ALSO … Medical dictionary
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region — 1. An often arbitrarily limited portion of the surface of the body. SEE ALSO: space, zone. 2. A portion of the body having a special nervous or vascular supply, or a part of an organ having a special … Medical dictionary
Hypothalamus — The area of the brain that controls body temperature, hunger, and thirst. * * * The ventral and medial region of the diencephalon forming the walls of the ventral half of the third ventricle; it is delineated from the thalamus by the hypothalamic … Medical dictionary
Artery — A vessel that carries blood that is high in oxygen content away from the heart to the farthest reaches of the body. Since blood in arteries is usually full of oxygen, the hemoglobin in the red blood cells is oxygenated. The resultant form of… … Medical dictionary
nuclei tuberales laterales — [TA] lateral tuberal nuclei: nerve cell nuclei situated ventrally in the intermediate hypothalamic region, mainly in the lateral hypothalamic area … Medical dictionary
nucleus periventricularis posterior — [TA] posterior periventricular nucleus: a nucleus of nerve cells in the intermediate hypothalamic area, lying in the posterior part of the third ventricle … Medical dictionary
