interbrain
Noun
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The posterior division of the forebrain;
Connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon (synset 105504641)is a type of: neural structure - a structure that is part of the nervous systemhas:- corpus mamillare, mamillary body, mammillary body - one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix
- infundibulum - any of various funnel-shaped parts of the body (but especially the hypophyseal stalk)
- pineal eye, third eye - a sensory structure capable of light reception located on the dorsal side of the diencephalon in various reptiles
- nervus opticus, optic nerve, optic tract, second cranial nerve - the cranial nerve that serves the retina
- hypophysis, pituitary, pituitary body, pituitary gland - the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain
- basal ganglion - any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement
- thalamus - large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon
- hypothalamus - a basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system
is a part of: forebrain, prosencephalon - the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube
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