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Lab 5
structures and function
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Anatomy
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04/16/2011

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Posterior Commissure
Definition

connects the superior colliculi

consensual light reflex

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Mamillary bodies
Definition
Papez Circuit
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Hypothalamus
Definition
hoeostatic regulation
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Thalamus
Definition
relay station for the Cerebral Cortex
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Epithalamus

 

Contains what structures

Definition

Posterior commisure

pineal gland 

habenulae

stria medullaris thalami

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Hypothalamic sulcus
Definition
Separates the thalamus from the hypothalamus
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Anterior Commissure
Definition
Carries commissureal fibers from the olfactory structues and the parahippocampal region as well as from the neo cortex, primarally the inferior temporal gyri
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Fornix
Definition

Connects mammillary bodies to hippocampal formation

 

*part of the papez circuit

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Optic Chiasm
Definition

decussation of visual fibers occur here

 

Term
Infundibulum
Definition
connects hypothalamus to pituitary gland
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Septum Pellucidum
Definition
separates the lateral ventricles
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Mammillothalamic tract
Definition
tract connecting mammillary bodies to the fornix
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