Neuroanatomy Draw It To Know It

Diencephalon 353

Medial preoptic nucleus

Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Anterior nucleus

Paraventricular nucleus

Dorso- medial nucleus

Ventromedial nucleus Infundibular (arcuate) nucleus

Posterior nucleus

Anterior commissure

Optic chiasm

ANTERIOR (CHIASMATIC) GROUP

POSTERIOR (MAMMILLARY) GROUP

MIDDLE (TUBERAL) GROUP

Lamina terminalis

Medial mammillary nucleus

MEDIAL (PERIVENTRICULAR & INTERMEDIATE) ZONE NUCLEI SAGITTAL VIEW

3RD VENTRICLE

THALAMUS

Periventricular zone Intermediate zone Lateral zone

HYPOTHALAMUS

HYPOTHALAMIC ZONES - CORONAL VIEW

Column of fornix

Tuberomammillary nucleus

LATERAL ZONE NUCLEI - SAGITTAL VIEW

Lateral preoptic nucleus

Supraoptic nucleus

Lateral hypothalamic area

Lateral tuberal nucleus

Lateral mammillary nucleus

Tuberomammillary nucleus

Medial zone

Tuber cinereum

Anteromedial - parasympathetic Posterolateral - sympathetic

Simplified physiologic principle

DRAWING 20-5 Hypothalamus: Nuclei