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... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Limbic System > Hypothalamus > Hypothalamus, Anterior > Organum Vasculosum
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Prosencephalon > Diencephalon > Hypothalamus > Hypothalamus, Anterior > Organum Vasculosum
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Prosencephalon > Telencephalon > Cerebrum > Cerebral Cortex > Sensorimotor Cortex > Olfactory Cortex > Basal Forebrain > Organum Vasculosum

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Organum Vasculosum  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Crests, Supraoptic
  • Crest, Supraoptic
  • Organum Vasculosum Laminae Terminalis
  • Organum Vasculosum of Lamina Terminalis
  • Supraoptic Crest
  • Supraoptic Crests

Scope note

  • Circumventricular cellular structure in the anterior hypothalamic region. It is located in the optic recess at the anteroventral end of the THIRD VENTRICLE and forms the ventral part of the midline anterior wall.

History note

  • 2015; use HYPOTHALAMUS 2000-2014

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D066278

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