Exploration of the brain from its basal aspect
Interventricular foramen and column of fornix
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Exploration of the brain from its basal aspect
Interventricular foramen and column of fornix
The mammillothalamic tract is cut back and the column of the fornix exposed in its course around the interventricular foramen (3) and down to the mammillary body.
- Septum pellucidum (ventricular surface)
- Corpus callosum (ventricular surface)
- Interventricular foramen
- Medial nucleus of thalamus (dissected)
- Fornix (body)
- Choroidal vessels and meninges along roof of third ventricle (exposed in next view)
- Corpus callosum (splenium)
- Radiation of rostral lamina of corpus callosum (medial to position of head of caudate nucleus)
- Anterior communicating artery
- Free part of column of fornix
- Anterior commissure (cut across)
- Tectal part of column of fornix
- Anterior perforated substance
- Mamillothalamic tract (cut across)
- Mamillary body
- Interpeduncular fossa
- Habenular nucleus
- Substantia nigra (cut across)
- Pons