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1 Infundibulum
2 Anterior perforated substance
3 Tuber cinereum
4 Mammillary body
5 Posterior perforated substance
6 Pulvinar of thalamus
7 Pineal gland
8 Superior colliculus
9 Inferior colliculus
10 Medial geniculate ganglion
11 Pons
12 Superior cerebellar peduncle
13 Middle cerebellar peduncle
14 Inferior cerebellar peduncle
The diencephalon, rostral to the midbrain
and almost completely surrounded by the
cerebral hemispheres, consists of four
Diencephalon and Brainstem
major parts — the thalamus, subthalamus, epithalamus, and hypothalamus. Projecting from the hypothalamus is the
hypophysis, or pituitary gland. The brainstem consists of the medulla oblongata, pons, and midbrain. The medulla resembles the
spinal cord in many ways. Like the cord it gives rise to many nerve roots; however, these are the roots of cranial nerves
rather than spinal nerves. The pons is the bridge between the two cerebellar hemispheres. The ventral portion of the pons
forms a large synaptic relay station consisting of scattered gray centers called the pontine nuclei. The dorsal portion of the
pons is more like the other regions of the brainstem, the medulla and midbrain. The midbrain sits just above the pons and
is obscured by the large, overlapping cerebral hemispheres. It contains nuclei for cranial nerves III and IV, as well as
ascending and descending fi ber tracts from the cerebrum.
Brainstem
Ventral view
Brainstem
Posterior view
15 Medial eminence
16 Facial colliculus
17 Locus ceruleus
18 Trigeminal tubercle
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20 Vestibular area
21 Sulcus limitans
22 Lateral recess
23 Obex
24 Olive
25 Pyramid
26 Third ventricle
27 Fourth ventricle
28 Cerebral crus
29 Superior medullary vellum
30 Flocculus of cerebellum
31 Caudate nucleus
32 Optic tract
33 Optic chiasm
34 Optic nerve
35 Oculomotor nerve
36 Trochlear nerve
37 Abducens nerve
38 Trigeminal nerve
39 Facial nerve
40 Vestibulocochlear nerve
41 Glossopharyngeal nerve
42 Vagus nerve
43 Accessory nerve
44 Hypoglossal nerve
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