Anatomy
diencephalon Audio
di·en·ceph·a·lon [ dahy-en-sef-uh-lon ]
Subclass of:
Prosencephalon
Etymology:
Greek dia (di-) = through + enkephalon = brain (from en = in + kephale = head)
Definitions related to diencephalon:
  • Caudal part of the prosencephalon composed of the epithalamus, thalamus, and hypothalamus.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Organ component of neuraxis that has as its parts the epithalamus, thalamus, hypothalamus, subthalamus. There is only one diencephalon.
    Foundational Model of Anatomy
    University of Washington, 2017
  • The paired caudal parts of the PROSENCEPHALON from which the THALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; EPITHALAMUS; and SUBTHALAMUS are derived.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • The portion of the forebrain that is located between the telencephalon and the brainstem; it is composed of the thalamus, hypothalamus, subthalamus, and epithalamus, which functions to help regulate many activities of the autonomic nervous system.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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