Preferred Name | Hypothalamus | |
Synonyms |
Preoptico-hypothalamic region Preoptico-hypothalamic area |
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Definitions |
Organ component of neuraxis, each instance of which is the ventral part of some diencephalon, forming the floor and part of the lateral wall of some third ventricle. Anatomically, it includes some preoptic area, optic tract, optic chiasm, mammillary bodies, tuber cinereum, infundibulum, and neurohypophysis, but for physiological purposes the neurohypophysis is considered a distinct structure. |
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ID |
http://purl.org/sig/ont/fma/fma62008 |
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definition |
Organ component of neuraxis, each instance of which is the ventral part of some diencephalon, forming the floor and part of the lateral wall of some third ventricle. Anatomically, it includes some preoptic area, optic tract, optic chiasm, mammillary bodies, tuber cinereum, infundibulum, and neurohypophysis, but for physiological purposes the neurohypophysis is considered a distinct structure. |
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FMAID |
62008 |
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label |
Hypothalamus |
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preferred name |
Hypothalamus |
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prefixIRI |
fma:fma62008 |
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prefLabel |
Hypothalamus |
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RadLex ID |
RID6639 |
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synonym |
Preoptico-hypothalamic region Preoptico-hypothalamic area |
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Talairach |
274 |
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subClassOf |