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Epithalamus and Pineal Gland

The Epithalamus

The Epithalamus

A brain sectioned in the median sagittal plane. The epithalamus is labeled in red.

This diagram depicts the hypothalamus and other structures in the brain, including foramen of Monro, middle commissure, choroid plexus of third ventricle, taenia thalami, habenular commissure, posterior commissure, pineal body, aqueduct, quadrigeminal lamina, superior medullary vellum, fourth ventricle, oblongata, pons, midbrain, thalamus, fornix, callosum, genu, splenium, septum lucidum, oculomotor nerve, corpus albicans, tuber cinereum, optic nerve, pituitary body, optic chiasm, lamina terminalis, anterior commissure, copula, and rostrum.

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