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Definition of Diencephalon
1. Noun. The posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon.
Terms within: Corpus Mamillare, Mamillary Body, Mammillary Body, Infundibulum, Pineal Eye, Third Eye, Nervus Opticus, Optic Nerve, Optic Tract, Second Cranial Nerve, Hypophysis, Pituitary, Pituitary Body, Pituitary Gland, Basal Ganglion, Thalamus, Hypothalamus
Generic synonyms: Neural Structure
Group relationships: Forebrain, Prosencephalon
Definition of Diencephalon
1. n. The interbrain or thalamencephalon; -- sometimes abbreviated to dien. See Thalamencephalon.
Definition of Diencephalon
1. Noun. (neuroanatomy) The region of the human brain, specifically the human forebrain, that includes the thalamus, the hypothalamus, the epithalamus, the prethalamus or subthalamus, and the pretectum. ¹
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Definition of Diencephalon
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Literary usage of Diencephalon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Physiological Psychology by Wilhelm Max Wundt (1904)
"The diencephalon The diencephalon, or region of the thalami, is smaller than the
mesen-, cephalon in all the lower vertebrates (/ Fig. 37, p. ..."
2. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"The diencephalon or 'tween-brain includes the thalami and the other parts bounding
... The diencephalon is seen in entire brains only in ventral view (Fig. ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The prosencephalon or fore-brain consists of: (1) the diencephalon, ...
The diencephalon.—The diencephalon is connected above and in front with the cerebral ..."
4. The Nervous System of Vertebrates by John Black Johnston (1906)
"CORRELATING CENTERS IN THE diencephalon (Continued). 4. THE OLFACTORY AND GUSTATORY
APPARATUS. The centers considered in the last chapter have to do with ..."
5. Brain and Spinal Cord: A Manual for the Study of the Morphology and Fibre by Emil Villiger (1918)
"CONDUCTION PATHS OF THE diencephalon. The connections which unite the diencephalon
with other parts of the brain have, in large part, been presented in the ..."
6. A Laboratory Manual and Text-book of Embryology by Charles William Prentiss (1915)
"Transverse section through the diencephalon of a five weeks' human embryo (His).
The diencephalon.—In the wall of the diencephalon we may recognize ..."
7. The Development of the Chick: An Introduction to Embryology by Frank Rattray Lillie (1908)
"The diencephalon has undergone marked changes since the third day. ... (the
inferior commissure); and the diencephalon ends at the tuberculum posterius. ..."
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