thalamencephalon
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thalamencephalons,
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thalamencephala
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the part of the diencephalon of the brain that includes the thalamus, pineal gland, and adjacent structures
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another name for diencephalon
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Origin of thalamencephalon
First recorded in 1870–75; thalam(us) + encephalon
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The cerebral hemispheres are not convoluted, and, looked at from the dorsal aspect, do not hide the thalamencephalon and mid-brain.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The original fore-brain is often called the thalamencephalon, the hemisphere, the prosencephalon, the olfactory lobes, the rhinencephalon.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
In the floor of the thalamencephalon are two masses of ganglionic tissue, the optic thalami.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
The original anterior vesicle from which the hemispheres evaginate is composed, as already shown, of an anterior part or telencephalon and a posterior or thalamencephalon; the whole forming the third ventricle in the adult.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
Finally, we may note the pineal gland and the pituitary body, as remarkable appendages above and below the thalamencephalon.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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