Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy
Exploration of the brain from the medial aspect
Close-up view of central area of mid-sagittal section
Image #15-7
KEYWORDS: Brain, Diencephalon, Ventricules, Overview.
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Exploration of the brain from the medial aspect
Close-up view of central area of mid-sagittal section
This view is centered on the diencephalon and third ventricle. The ventricular surfaces are indicated in the drawing in stipple.
- Subfrontal part cingulate sulci
- Cingulate gyrus
- Pericallosal artery
- Trunk corpus callosum
- Cavity of septum pellucidum and septum pellucidum
- Genu corpus callosum
- Rostrum of corpus callosum
- Free part of column of fornix and interventricular foramen
- Lamina terminalis and anterior commissure
- Posterior parolfactory sulcus and subcallosal gyrus (peduncles of corpus callosum)
- Anterior parolfactory sulcus and parolfactory area
- Hypothalamus
- Superior frontal gyrus
- Anterior cerebral artery and anterior communicating artery
- Orbital artery
- Temporal pole
- Optic chiasm
- Infundibulum of hypothalamus
- Internal carotid artery (cut off)
- Mamillary body
- Posterior cerebral artery (right and left) (cut off)
- Left basilar artery and superior cerebellar artery (cut off)
- Decussation brachium conjunctivum (superior cerebellar peduncle)
- Basilar part of pons
- Dorsal part of pons
- Middle medial frontal artery
- Subparietal sulcus
- Fornix (body)
- Corpus callosum (splenium)
- Choroid plexus third ventricle
- Pineal body
- Thalamus (pointer ends on cut surface of massa intermedia)
- Hypothalamic sulcus
- Quadrigeminal plate
- Cerebral aqueduct (Sylvian)
- Anterior medullary velum
- Cerebellar lingula
- Fourth ventricle