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Thalamus

A mass of nervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain; -- called also optic thalamus.

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Diencephalon 70% connected

The interbrain or thalamencephalon; -- sometimes abbreviated to dien. See Thalamencephalon.

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Interbrain 70% connected

See Thalamencephalon.

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Thalamencephalon 92% connected

The segment of the brain next in front of the midbrain, including the thalami, pineal gland, and pituitary body; the diencephalon; the interbrain.

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Ataxy noun · 78% connection

The state of disorder that characterizes nervous fevers and the nervous condition.

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Brain noun · 78% connection

The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in th…

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Calcar noun · 78% connection

A curved ridge in the floor of the leteral ventricle of the brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or ergot.

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Central nervous system noun · 78% connection

the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord

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Cerebellum noun · 78% connection

The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.

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Chiasma noun · 78% connection

A commissure; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves.

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CNS noun · 78% connection

the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord

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Dopamine noun · 78% connection

a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (tra…

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Encephalon noun · 78% connection

that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the s…

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Ganglion noun · 78% connection

A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve.

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Gyrus noun · 78% connection

A convoluted ridge between grooves; a convolution; as, the gyri of the brain; the gyri of brain coral. See Brain.

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Hippocampus noun · 78% connection

A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called hippocampus major…

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Infundibulum noun · 78% connection

A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the th…

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Innervation noun · 78% connection

Special activity excited in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary for the…

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Ligule noun · 78% connection

A band of white matter in the wall of fourth ventricle of the brain.

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Lyra noun · 78% connection

The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; -- so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is…

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Medicommissure noun · 78% connection

A large transverse commissure in the third ventricle of the brain; the middle or soft commissure.

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Medicornu noun · 78% connection

The middle or inferior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.

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