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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Exploration of a brain cut in frontal section at the splenium of the corpus callosum

Cingulum, fornix, pulvinar and choroidal arteries

Image #21-6

KEYWORDS: Brain, Diencephalon, Occipital lobe, Telencephalon, Vasculature.

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Exploration of a brain cut in frontal section at the splenium of the corpus callosum
Cingulum, fornix, pulvinar and choroidal arteries
On the right side the cingulum is now exposed in its curved course around the splenium. On the left the occipital radiation of the corpus callosum and the hippocampal structures are divided and portions removed to display the crus of the fornix, the pulvinar of the thalamus and branches of the posterior cerebral artery within the area.
  1. External sagittal stratum (cut across)
  2. Tapetum
  3. Choroid plexus lateral ventricle
  4. Fornix (ems)
  5. Pulvinar
  6. Hippocampus (cut across)
  7. Posterior cerebral artery (note its choroidal branches)
  8. Fourth ventricle
  9. Cingulum
  10. Occipital part of radiations of corpus callosum (cut across)
  11. Medial longitudinal stria
  12. Pineal body
  13. Cingulum
  14. Collateral fissure
  15. Inferior colliculus
  16. Superior cerebellar artery
  17. Dorsal part of pons (tegmentum of the pons)
  18. Inferior olivary nucleus