Neuroanatomy Draw It To Know It

20. Diencephalon 345

thalamus

metathalamus

subthalamus

hypothalamus

epithalamus

habenula

pineal gland

medial geniculate nucleus

lateral geniculate nucleus

Diencephalon structures

mammillary bodies

neurohypophysis

neural lobe

thalamic nuclei

thalamic fiber tracts

hypothalamic nuclei

hypothalamic fiber tracts

subthalamic nucleus

zona incerta

Forel’s fields nuclei

infundibulum

Thalamus

Pineal gland

Habenula (& habenular comm.)

Adenohypophysis

Lamina terminalis

Neural lobe

Infundibulum

Mammillary

bodies

Superior colliculus

Midbrain

SAGITTAL

VIEW

CORONAL VIEW

Inferior

colliculus

Column of

fornix

Anterior

commissure

stria medullaris thalami

column of fornix

Major white matter bundles

commissures

anterior

posterior

habenular

Thalamus

Hypothalamus

Mammillary

bodies

Sub-

thalamus

Stria medullaris thalami

Lateral

ventricle,

body

Internal

capsule

Cerebral

peduncle

Pretectal

structures

pretectal structures

pretectal area

posterior commissure

pretectal nuclei

subcommissural organ

Body

of fornix

Corpus callosum

3rd ventricle

Interpeduncular

cistern Pons

Tuber

Median eminence cinereum

Septal

nuclei

Hypothalamus

Optic chiasm

Supramammillary

commissure

DRAWING 20-1 Th e Diencephalon