Diencephalon Flashcards
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diencephalon
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relay station for most sensory and motor pathways, controls visceral activities
2
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epithalamus
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- partially forms roof of diencephalon
- covers third ventricle
- pineal gland: secretes melatonin
- habenular nuclei: relays signals from limbic system to midbrain
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thalamus
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- 2 halves, each composed of a dozen nuclei with axons projecting to regions of cerebral cortes
- main relay center
- sensory impulses converge on thalamus and synapse on one nuclei
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hypothalamus
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- triangular
- infundibulum: anchors pituitary gland to hypothalamus
