Epithalamus
Hierarchy level in atlas is 6: 5 superstructures include it.
abbreviation: EThAbbreviation
ETh
Species
Human
Description of part
The epithalamus comprises of the habenular structures and the corpus pineale. Collator note: the abbreviation of the epithalamus, adopted here, was adapted from the NeuroNames hierarchy, Bowden 1997.
Part type
gray matter
Nomenclature
His-Nomina Anatomica-1895
Endorsement
The approach used by the collator Mihail Bota is not endorsed by the author of the nomenclature.
Reference
Author:
Wilhelm His
Title of Book:
The Basle Nomina Anatomica
Year:
1895
Pages:
80-87;153-17
Publisher:
William Wood et comp.
Editor:
Chauncey et al
- Encephalon
- Cerebrum
- Prosencephalon
- Diencephalon
- Telencephalon
- Prosencephalon
- Rhombencephalon
- Cerebrum
Major subparts
| Name | Type |
| Recessus pinealis | gray matter |
| Recessus suprapinealis | gray matter |
| Habenula | gray matter |
| Trigonum habelunae | gray matter |
| Commissura habenularum | fiber tract |
| Corpus pineale | gray matter |
