Hypothalamic sulcus

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Brain: Hypothalamic sulcus
Latin sulcus hypothalamicus
Gray's subject #189 816
NeuroNames hier-432
Dorlands/Elsevier s_28/12768751

The upper and lower portions of the lateral wall of the third ventricle correspond to the alar lamina and basal lamina respectively of the lateral wall of the fore-brain vesicle and are separated from each other by a furrow, the hypothalamic sulcus (sulcus of Monro), which extends from the interventricular foramen to the cerebral aqueduct.

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