neural structure

Noun
  1. A structure that is part of the nervous system (synset 105470250)
    is a type of: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement
    subtypes:
    • 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
    • ganglion - an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons
    • reflex arc - the neural path of a reflex
    • center, centre, nerve center, nerve centre - a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
    • cerebral hemisphere, hemisphere - either half of the cerebrum
    • piriform area, piriform lobe, pyriform area, pyriform lobe - pear-shaped neural structure on either side of the brain in the rhinencephalon
    • olfactory bulb - one of two enlargements at the terminus of the olfactory nerve at the base of the brain just above the nasal cavities
    • brain, encephalon - that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
    • neencephalon, neoencephalon - the part of the brain having the most recent phylogenetic origin; the cerebral cortex and related parts
    • palaeencephalon, paleencephalon, paleoencephalon - the more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; most structures other than the cerebral cortex
    • cerebellum - a major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans
    • cerebellar hemisphere - either of two lateral lobes of the cerebellum
    • vermis, vermis cerebelli - the narrow central part of the cerebellum between the two hemispheres
    • paleocerebellum - the anterior lobe of the cerebellum which was one of the earliest parts of the hindbrain to develop in mammals
    • cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium - the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
    • geniculate body - one of four small oval masses that protrude slightly from the underside of the thalamus and function as synaptic centers on the way to the cerebral cortex
    • cerebrum - anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans
    • bulb, medulla, medulla oblongata - lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata)
    • forebrain, prosencephalon - the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube
    • hippocampus - a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memories
    • cingulate gyrus, gyrus cinguli - a long curved structure on the medial surface of the cerebral hemispheres; the cortical part of the limbic system
    • telencephalon - the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus
    • betweenbrain, diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon - the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon
    • limbic brain, limbic system, visceral brain - a system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behavior
    • subthalamus - the ventral part of the thalamus
    • 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
    • mesencephalon, midbrain - the middle portion of the brain
    • locus niger, nucleus niger, substantia nigra - a layer of deeply pigmented grey matter in the midbrain; associated with the striate body; is involved in metabolic disturbances associated with Parkinson's disease and with Huntington's disease
    • hindbrain, rhombencephalon - the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem
    • myelencephalon - the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adults
    • pons, pons varolii - a band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain
    • brain stem, brain-stem, brainstem - the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus
    • nucleus - any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord
    • radiation - a radial arrangement of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain
    • medulla spinalis, spinal cord - a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region
    • ans, autonomic nervous system - the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands

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