Stratum zonale of thalamus

Brain: Stratum zonale
Latin stratum zonale thalami
Gray's subject #189 810
NeuroNames hier-357

The thalamus consists chiefly of gray substance, but its upper surface is covered by a layer of white substance, named the stratum zonale.

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