area hypothalamica posterior

area hypothalamica posterior: [TA] posterior hypothalamic area: the most posterior part of the hypothalamus, consisting of the lateral and medial nuclei of the mammillary body and the posterior hypothalamic nucleus. Called also posterior hypothalamic region and mammillary region.

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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
hypothalamic region posterior — area hypothalamica posterior … 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
hypothalamic area posterior — a. hypothalamica posterior … Medical dictionary
mammillary region — area hypothalamica posterior … 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

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