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COMMISSURA EPITHALAMICA [1 record]

Record 1 2011-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

A bundle of white matter crossing from one side of the brain to the other just rostral to the superior colliculi and above the opening of the aqueduct of Sylvius into the third ventricle.

CONT

The thalamencephalon comprises: (1) the thalamus; (2) the metathalamus or corpora geniculata; and (3) the epithalamus, consisting of the trigonum habenulae, the pineal body, and the posterior commissure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Faisceau de substance blanche inter-hémisphérique situé dans la paroi postérieure du 3e ventricule, au-dessous de l'épiphyse.

OBS

Ancienne nomenclature : commissure postérieure

Spanish

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