lateral zone of hypothalamus
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Lateral hypothalamus — Infobox Brain Name = Lateral hypothalamus Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Lateral hypothalamus is LT , at right, in yellow. Caption2 = IsPartOf = Components = Artery = Vein = Acronym = BrainInfoType = hier BrainInfoNumber = 409… … Wikipedia
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
zone — A segment; any encircling or beltlike structure, either external or internal, longitudinal or transverse. SEE ALSO: area, band, region, space, spot. SYN: zona (1) [TA]. [L. zona] … Medical dictionary
zona lateralis hypothalamicae — [TA] lateral zone of hypothalamus; a longitudinal division of the hypothalamus, containing part of the preoptic nuclei as well as the supraoptic and tuberal nuclei and the nuclei of the mammillary body … Medical dictionary
Nucleus — 1) In cell biology, the structure that houses the chromosomes. 2) In neuroanatomy, a group of nerve cells. * * * 1. In cytology, typically a rounded or oval mass of protoplasm within the cytoplasm of a plant or animal cell; it is surrounded by a… … Medical dictionary
zona — 1. SYN: zone. 2. SYN: herpes zoster. [L. fr. G. zone, a girdle, one of the zones of the sphere] z. arcuata SYN: arcuate zone. z. ciliaris SYN: ciliary zone. z. corona SYN: costal fringe. z. dermatica a rid … Medical dictionary
tract — An elongated area, e.g., path, track, way. SEE ALSO: fascicle. SYN: tractus. [L. tractus, a drawing out] alimentary t. SYN: digestive t.. anterior corticospinal t. uncrossed fibers forming a small bundle in the anterior funiculus of the … Medical dictionary
bundle — A structure composed of a group of fibers, muscular or nervous; a fasciculus. SYN: fasciculus (3) [TA]. aberrant bundles a group, or groups, of fibers from the corticobulbar or corticonuclear tract, directed to each of the motor … Medical dictionary
center — 1. The middle point of a body; loosely, the interior of a body. A c. of any kind, especially an anatomical c.. 2. A group of nerve cells governing a specific function. SYN: centrum [TA]. [L. centrum; G. kentron] active c … 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
