List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 205

The lateral portions of the body of the fornix are joined by a thin triangular lamina named the psalterium (lyra). This lamina contains some transverse fibers that connect the two […]

The commissural fibers or transverse fibers are coherent white-matter structures that connect the two hemispheres of the brain. In contrast to commissural fibers association fibers connect regions within the same […]

The projection fibers consist of efferent and afferent fibers uniting the cortex with the lower parts of the brain and with the spinal cord.

The hypothalamic sulcus (sulcus of Monro) is a groove in lateral wall of third ventricle marking the boundary between the thalamus and hypothalamus. The upper and lower portions of the […]

The solitary tract (Latin: tractus solitarius) is a compact fiber bundle that extends longitudinally through the posterolateral region of the medulla. The solitary tract is surrounded by the nucleus of […]

In the substance of the formatio reticularis are two small nuclei of gray matter. The one near the dorsal aspect of the hilus of the inferior olivary nucleus is called […]

The olivocerebellar tract also known as olivocerebellar fibers are neural fibers which originate at the olivary nucleus and pass out through the hilum and decussate with those from the opposite […]

The interpeduncular fossa is a somewhat rhomboid-shaped area of the base of the brain limited in front by the optic chiasma behind by the antero-superior surface of the pons antero-laterally […]

The depressed area between the crura is termed the interpeduncular fossa and consists of a layer of gray matter the posterior perforated substance which is pierced by small apertures for […]

At the junction of the floor and anterior wall of the third ventricle immediately above the optic chiasma the ventricle presents a small angular recess or diverticulum the optic recess […]