Pineal recess

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Brain: Pineal recess
Median sagittal section of brain. (Pineal recess not labeled, but region is visible.)
Latin	recessus pinealis
Gray's	subject #189 816
NeuroNames	hier-439
Dorlands/Elsevier	r_05/12696759

The pineal recess is a small recess of the third ventricle which projects into the stalk of the pineal body.

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v • d • e Ventricular system General Choroid plexus - Circumventricular organs Lateral ventricles Body of lateral ventricle - Anterior horn of lateral ventricle - Posterior horn of lateral ventricle - Inferior horn of lateral ventricle - Calcar avis - Collateral eminence - Lamina affixa Third ventricle recesses: (Optic recess, Infundibular recess, Suprapineal recess, Pineal recess) Hypothalamic sulcus - Tela chorioidea of the third ventricle Subfornical organ Fourth ventricle Lateral recess - Tela chorioidea of the fourth ventricle - Taenia of fourth ventricle roof: Superior medullary velum - Inferior medullary velum floor/rhomboid fossa: Vagal trigone - Hypoglossal trigone - Obex - Sulcus limitans - Facial colliculus - Medial eminence Apertures Interventricular/Monro - Cerebral aqueduct/Sylvius - Median/Magendie and Lateral/Luschka