Neuroanatomy Draw It To Know It

20. Diencephalon 343

Cingulate gyrus

Superior frontal gyrus

Corpus callosum:

Fornix

Anterior commissure

Thalamus

Hypothalamus

10 mm

Optic tract

Mammillothalamic tract

Mammillary nuclei

Red nucleus

Superior colliculus

Inferior colliculus Pontine nuclei

Inferior olive Cerebellar tonsil

Superior cerebellar peduncle

Cerebellum

Lateral ventricle

Lingual gyrus

Interventricular

foramen

Calcarine sulcus

Cuneus

Parieto-occipital sulcus

Precuneus

Cingulate sulcus

Splenium

Body

Genu

FIGURE 20-2 Sagittal section through the diencephalon. Used with permission from the Michigan State University: Brain Biodiversity Bank.
https://www.msu.edu/∼brains/