Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 20, 2020
Preferred Name

posterior hypothalamic region
Synonyms

mammillary level of hypothalamus

posterior hypothalamus

mammillary region

Definitions

The part of the hypothalamus posterior to the middle region consisting of several nuclei including the medial mamillary nucleus, lateral mamillary nucleus, and posterior hypothalamic nucleus (posterior hypothalamic area). The posterior hypothalamic area is concerned with control of sympathetic responses and is sensitive to conditions of decreasing temperature and controls the mechanisms for the conservation and increased production of heat. [MeSH]

ID

http://radlex.org/RID/RID6674

Definition

The part of the hypothalamus posterior to the middle region consisting of several nuclei including the medial mamillary nucleus, lateral mamillary nucleus, and posterior hypothalamic nucleus (posterior hypothalamic area). The posterior hypothalamic area is concerned with control of sympathetic responses and is sensitive to conditions of decreasing temperature and controls the mechanisms for the conservation and increased production of heat. [MeSH]

FMAID

62029

Has_Regional_Part

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20609

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20608

http://radlex.org/RID/RID18060

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20615

http://radlex.org/RID/RID17573

http://radlex.org/RID/RID17569

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20605

http://radlex.org/RID/RID6671

http://radlex.org/RID/RID15662

http://radlex.org/RID/RID17570

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20612

label

RID6674

Part_Of

http://radlex.org/RID/RID6639

Preferred_name

posterior hypothalamic region

prefixIRI

RID6674

prefLabel

posterior hypothalamic region

Receives_Input_From

http://radlex.org/RID/RID6510

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20514

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20679

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20831

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20737

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20874

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20832

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20871

http://radlex.org/RID/RID6574

http://radlex.org/RID/RID6783

http://radlex.org/RID/RID6667

http://radlex.org/RID/RID6619

Regional_Part_Of

http://radlex.org/RID/RID6639

Sends_Output_To

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20809

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20964

http://radlex.org/RID/RID6986

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20737

http://radlex.org/RID/RID6994

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20811

http://radlex.org/RID/RID7393

http://radlex.org/RID/RID7361

http://radlex.org/RID/RID7024

Synonym

mammillary level of hypothalamus

posterior hypothalamus

mammillary region

UMLS_ID

C0020670

subClassOf

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20433

Has_Part

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20609

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20608

http://radlex.org/RID/RID18060

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20615

http://radlex.org/RID/RID17573

http://radlex.org/RID/RID17569

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20605

http://radlex.org/RID/RID6671

http://radlex.org/RID/RID6675

http://radlex.org/RID/RID15662

http://radlex.org/RID/RID17570

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20612

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