pineal recess
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Pineal recess — Infobox Brain Name = PAGENAME Latin = recessus pinealis GraySubject = 189 GrayPage = 816 Caption = Median sagittal section of brain. (Pineal recess not labeled, but region is visible.) Caption2 = IsPartOf = Components = Artery = Vein =… … Wikipedia
Pineal gland — Diagram of pituitary and pineal glands in the human brain Latin glandula pinealis Gray s … Wikipedia
recess — A small hollow or indentation. SYN: recessus [TA]. [L. recessus] anterior r. a circumscript deepening of the interpeduncular fossa in the direction of the mamillary bodies. SYN: recessus anterior [TA]. anterior r. of tympanic … Medical dictionary
Optic recess — Brain: Optic recess The hypophysis cerebri, in position. Shown in sagittal section. (Optic recess labeled at upper right.) … Wikipedia
infundibular recess — n a funnel shaped downward prolongation of the floor of the third ventricle of the brain behind the optic chiasma into the infundibulum of the pineal gland * * * recessus infundibuli … Medical dictionary
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
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
Hypothalamus — Brain: Hypothalamus Location of the human hypothalamus … Wikipedia
Posterior pituitary — Pituitary gland. Posterior pituitary is in blue. Pars nervosa and infundibular stalk are not labeled, but pars nervosa is at bottom and infundibular stalk is at top.) … Wikipedia
Ventricle — A ventricle is a chamber of an organ. For example, the four connected cavities (hollow spaces) in the central portion of the brain and the lower two chambers of the heart are called ventricles. * * * A normal cavity, as of the brain or heart. SYN … Medical dictionary
