MODULE 14

OBJECTIVES

- - - After you have completed this module you should be able to do the following:

----- - - 1) On any view of the brain in which the diencephalon is visible, draw a line around it and label the structures that lie adjacent to it.

----- - - 2) On a midsagittal view of the brain, label the structures that are considered a part of the epithalamus. We forgot to label the habenular commissure on our atlas view of slide 24 - try to do so on your copy.

----- - - 3) Identify the subthalamic nucleus on frontal views of the brain.

----- - - 4) The focus in this module is on identifying thirteen thalamic nuclei. Of the thirteen, we have dealt with nine in previous modules. Just to remind you, the nine are:

• anterior - Module 13
• centromedian - Module 4
• lateral geniculate - Module 11
• medialis dorsalis - Module 13
• medial geniculate - Module 12
• ventralis anterior - Module 7
• ventralis lateralis - Module 6
• ventralis posterolateralis - Module 3
• ventralis posteromedialis - Module 4

---------- You should be able to identify each of these nuclei on slides. Describe the inputs, outputs and general functions sub served by each nucleus.

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