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Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Limbic System > Hypothalamus
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Prosencephalon > Diencephalon > Hypothalamus

Preferred term

Hypothalamus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Area, Preoptico-Hypothalamic
  • Areas, Preoptico-Hypothalamic
  • Preoptico Hypothalamic Area
  • Preoptico-Hypothalamic Area
  • Preoptico-Hypothalamic Areas

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specific structures & areas in the hypothalamus; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM is available for the hypothalamus-pituitary relationship

Scope note

  • Ventral part of the DIENCEPHALON extending from the region of the OPTIC CHIASM to the caudal border of the MAMMILLARY BODIES and forming the inferior and lateral walls of the THIRD VENTRICLE.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007031

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