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

Close-up view of meninges and arteries within transverse fissure

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

Close-up view of meninges and arteries within transverse fissure

1. Fornix (crus) (cut across)
2. Choroidal artery to plexus in roof of third ventricle
3. Superior colliculus
4. Brachium of superior colliculus
5. Medial geniculate body
6. Brachium of inferior colliculus
7. Inferior colliculus
8. Choroid plexus lateral ventricle
9. Choroidal branch of posterior cerebral artery
10. Choroidal artery (anterior)
11. Pulvinar
12. Branch of posterior cerebral artery which supplies hippocampus and hippocampal gyrus. These structures have been removed, but the vessels and pia mater have been left in place
13. Posterior cerebral artery
14. Hippocampal gyrus (cut across)
15. Superior cerebellar artery and trochlear nerve (IV)