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Definition of Diencephalon

Diencephalon
Diencephalon Di`en*ceph"a*lon, n. [NL. See Dia-, and Encephalon.] (Anat.) The interbrain or thalamencephalon; -- sometimes abbreviated to dien. See Thalamencephalon.

Meaning of Diencephalon from wikipedia

- In the human brain, the diencephalon (or interbrain) is a division of the forebrain (embryonic prosencephalon). It is situated between the telencephalon...
- balance information from the vestibular organ. The two structures of the diencephalon worth noting are the thalamus and the hypothalamus. The thalamus acts...
- lateral walls of the third ventricle forming the dorsal part of the diencephalon (a division of the forebrain). Nerve fibers project out of the thalamus...
- mesencephalon is the rostral-most portion of the brainstem connecting the diencephalon and cerebrum with the pons. It consists of the cerebral peduncles, tegmentum...
- stalk-like: 152  part of the brain that interconnects the cerebrum and diencephalon with the spinal cord. In the human brain, the brainstem is composed of...
- epithalamus (pl.: epithalami) is a posterior (dorsal) segment of the diencephalon. The epithalamus includes the habenular nuclei, the stria medullaris...
- bodies, located on the undersurface of the brain that, as part of the diencephalon, form part of the limbic system. They are located at the ends of the...
- e****tion of the pineal organ or as a separate outgrowth of the roof of the diencephalon, but during development it divides into two more or less bilaterally...
- Spinal cord Gray columns White substance Brain Brainstem Cerebellum Diencephalon Telencephalon Cerebral hemisphere Peripheral nervous system General termsi...
- parts: the forebrain (prosencephalon, subdivided into telencephalon and diencephalon), midbrain (mesencephalon) and hindbrain (rhombencephalon, subdivided...