[ANAT] HYPOTHALAMUS Flashcards
site of hypothalamus
beneath thalamus
hypothalamus separated from thalamus by
hypothalamic sulcus
anterior relation of the hypothalamus
lamina terminalis
posterior relation of hypothalamus
vertical plane posterior to mammillary bodies
superior relation of hypothalamus
hypothalamic sulcus
inferior relation of hypothalamus
floor of interpeduncular fossa
parts of hypothalamus
optic chiasma
tuber cinereum
infundibular stalk
mammillary bodies
nuclei of hypothalamus (6)
suprachiasmatic
supraoptic
tuberal
infundibular
paraventricular mammillary
functions of hypothalamus (8)
regulating/controlling:
autonomic NS
endocrine system
emotions
reproduction
biological clock
body temperature
fluid intake
ingestion
connections of hypothalamus going both ways
1-periventricular fibers
2-MFB
connection carrying efferents to vital autonomic nuclei of BS & SC
posterior longitudinal fasciculus
hypothalamic-hypophyseal tracts
supraoptic-hypophyseal
paraventricular-hypophyseal
nucleus responsible for secreting vasopressin
supraoptic nucleus
nucleus responsible for secreting oxytocin
paraventricular nucleus
hypothalamo-hypophyseal tracts send impulses to
posterior pituitary
infundibular arcuate nucleus responsible for
secreting release & release-inhibiting hormones
infundibular arcuate nucleus sends impulses to
anterior pituitary
site of subthalamus
inferior to thalamus
b/w thalamus & tegmentum of midbrain
subthalamus is separated from thalamus by
hypothalamic sulcus
subthalamus contains
subthalamic nuclei responsible for muscle activity
lesion of subthalamus leads to
hemiballismus
epithalamus components
pineal body
habenular nucleus
posterior commissure
site of pineal body
inferior to splenium of corpus callosum
superior lamina of pineal body contains
habenular commissure