MeningesandBrain
Thalamus
Plate112
Interventricular foramen (of Monro)
3rd ventricle
Corpus callosum (
cut
)
Head of caudate nucleus
Septum pellucidum
Columns of fornix
Anterior tubercle
Stria terminalis
Interthalamic adhesion
Lamina affixa
Stria medullaris
Habenular trigone
Pulvinar (
retracted
)
Lateral geniculate body
Medial geniculate body
Brachium of superior colliculus
Brachium of inferior colliculus
Choroid plexus
Superior thalamostriate vein
Pes hippocampi
Internal cerebral vein
Dentate gyrus
Collateral eminence
Hippocampus
Fimbria of hippocampus
Posterior commissure
Habenular commissure
Pineal body
Collateral trigone
Calcar avis
Tela choroidea (
cut edge
)
of 3rd ventricle
Temporal (inferior) horn
of lateral ventricle
Occipital (posterior) horn
of lateral ventricle
Calcarine sulcus
Superior colliculus
Inferior colliculus
Cerebellum
Pulvinar
Reticular nucleus
Median nuclei
3rd ventricle
Pulvinar
Lateral geniculate body
Medial geniculate body
3rd ventricle
Interthalamic
adhesion
Intralaminar
nuclei
External
medullary
lamina
Internal
medullary
lamina
Schematic section
through thalamus
(at level of broken
line shown in figure
at right)
Thalamic nuclei
CM
Centromedian
LD
Lateral dorsal
LP
Lateral posterior
M
Medial
MD
Medial dorsal
VA
Ventral anterior
VI
Ventral intermedial
VL
Ventral lateral
VP
Ventral posterior
VPL
Ventral posterolateral
VPM
Ventral posteromedial
Lateral nuclei
Medial nuclei
Anterior nuclei
Schematic representation of thalamus
(external medullary lamina and
reticular nuclei removed)
MD
M
CM
VPL
VPM
LP
LP
LD
VP
VPL
VPM
VI
VA
Median
Medial
Anterior
Lamina
VL
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