commissure of epithalamus
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Epithalamus — Brain: Epithalamus Mesal aspect of a brain sectioned in the median sagittal plane. Epithalamus labeled in red, by habenular commissure , pineal body , and posterior commissure , with its projection anteriorly consisting stria medullaris Latin… … Wikipedia
epithalamus — A small dorsomedial area of the thalamus corresponding to the habenula and its associated structures, the stria medullaris of the thalamus, pineal gland, and habenular commissure. [epi + thalamus] * * * epi·thal·a·mus … Medical dictionary
commissura posterior — [TA] posterior commissure: a large fiber bundle that crosses the midline of the epithalamus just dorsal to the point where the cerebral aqueduct opens into the third ventricle; called also c. epithalamica [TA alternative] and commissure of… … Medical dictionary
Diencephalon — Brain: Diencephalon Diagram depicting the main subdivisions of the embryonic vertebrate brain. These regions will later differentiate into forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain structures … Wikipedia
Ventral supraoptic decussation — Brain: Ventral supraoptic decussation Scheme showing central connections of the optic nerves and optic tracts. (Commissure of Gudden labeled at center right.) Latin commissura supraoptica ventralis Gray s … Wikipedia
Pineal gland — Diagram of pituitary and pineal glands in the human brain Latin glandula pinealis Gray s … Wikipedia
habenula — 1. SYN: frenulum. 2. [TA] In neuroanatomy, the term originally denoted the stalk of the pineal gland (pineal h.; pedunculus of pineal body), but gradually came to refer to a neighboring group of nerve cells with which the … Medical dictionary
nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… … Universalium
Interthalamic adhesion — Brain: Interthalamic adhesion Dissection showing the ventricles of the brain. (Interthalamic adhesion labeled as Massa Intermedia at center right.) … Wikipedia
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