List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 206

In the front superior surface of the thalamus but separate from the inner medial surface by a salient margin is the taenia thalami (Latin for flat band). The bottom epithelial […]

The tela chorioidea of the fourth ventricle is the name applied to the triangular fold of pia mater which is carried upward between the cerebellum and the medulla oblongata. It […]

The part of the choroid plexus in relation to the body of the ventricle forms the vascular fringed margin of a triangular process of pia mater named the tela chorioidea […]

The thalamus consists chiefly of gray substance but its upper surface is covered by a layer of white substance named the stratum zonale.

The diaphragma sellae or sellar diaphragm is the circular fold of dura mater that almost completely roofs the fossa hypophyseos of the sella turcica of the sphenoid bone within the […]

The ventral supraoptic decussation is the crossover (decussation) point for signals from the left and right eye en route respectively to the right and left sides of the visual cortex.Occupying […]

The middle cerebellar peduncles (brachia pontis) are paired structures (left and right) that connect the cerebellum to the pons and are composed entirely of centripetal fibers which arise from the […]

The superior cerebellar peduncles (brachia conjunctiva) two in number emerge from the upper and medial part of the white matter of the hemispheres and are placed under cover of the […]

The spinotectal tract (spinotectal fasciculus) arises in the anterolateral column and terminate in the inferior and superior colliculi. It is situated ventral to the lateral spinothalamic fasciculus but its fibers […]

The olivospinal fasciculus (Helweg) arises in the vicinity of the inferior olivary nucleus in the medulla oblongata and is seen only in the cervical region of the medulla spinalis where […]