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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Serial transverse sections of the brain stem

Diencephalon and telencephalon; level of anterior commissure

Image #31-5

KEYWORDS: Brain, Diencephalon, Telencephalon, Ventricules.

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Serial transverse sections of the brain stem
Diencephalon and telencephalon; level of anterior commissure
This section is 6 mm. above the level of the previous view. Relations of the anterior commissure (24) are visible. The frontal stalk of the thalamus (11) can be traced into the anterior limb of the internal capsule. The section passes just below the interventricular foramina (23).
  1. Corona radiata
  2. Superior occipitofrontal fasciculus
  3. Corpus callosum
  4. Parietal stalk of thalamus
  5. Internal capsule (posterior limb)
  6. External capsule
  7. Putamen
  8. Globus pallidus
  9. Medullary laminae of lentiform nucleus
  10. Intralaminar nucleus of thalamus
  11. Frontal stalk of thalamus
  12. Claustrum
  13. Uncinate fasciculus
  14. Head of caudate nucleus
  15. Calcarine fissure
  16. Posterior horn lateral ventricle
  17. Cingulate gyrus
  18. Caudate nucleus
  19. Lateral ventricle
  20. Anterior nucleus of thalamus
  21. Lateral nucleus of thalamus (ventral anterior nucleus)
  22. Medial nucleus and internal medullary lamina of thalamus
  23. Choroid plexus adjacent to interventricular foramen (of Monro)
  24. Anterior commissure
  25. Preoptic nucleus
  26. Anterior cerebral arteries and longitudinal fissure (cerebral)