Thalamencephalon
| Thalamencephalon, or thalamic region, or thalamic complex | |
|---|---|
 Mesial aspect of a brain sectioned in the median sagittal plane. | |
| Details | |
| Part of | Diencephalon |
| Parts | Thalamus, Subthalamus, Epithalamus and Metathalamus, but neither Hypothalamus nor Neurohypophysis do not belong to the thalamencephalon |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | Thalamencephalon Regio thalamica Complex thalamica |
| FMA | 258745 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
Thalamencephalon (Latin: thalamencephalon), also called thalamic region (regio thalamica) or thalamic complex (complex thalamica) is a complex structure comprising thalamus (in the wider sense of the term thalamus, i.e. dorsal thalamus, or thalamus proper, plus subthalamus, or ventral thalamus) and several adjacent structures: epithalamus and metathalamus.[1][2][3][4]
The thalamencephalon is phylogenetically younger part of the diencephalon than the hypothalamus and neurohypophysis, which are not considered to belong to the thalamencephalon.
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