Preferred Label : Hypothalamus;
FMA definition : Organ component of neuraxis, each instance of which is the ventral part of some diencephalon,
forming the floor and part of the lateral wall of some third ventricle. Anatomically,
it includes some preoptic area, optic tract, optic chiasm, mammillary bodies, tuber
cinereum, infundibulum, and neurohypophysis, but for physiological purposes the neurohypophysis
is considered a distinct structure.;
Synonyme FMA : Preoptico-hypothalamic region; Preoptico-hypothalamic area;
Origin ID : 62008;
UMLS CUI : C0020663;
Arterial supply of
- Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Bounded by
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- RADLEX concept(s)
- Receives input from
- Regional part
- Regional part of
- Semantic type(s)
- Sends output to
Organ component of neuraxis, each instance of which is the ventral part of some diencephalon,
forming the floor and part of the lateral wall of some third ventricle. Anatomically,
it includes some preoptic area, optic tract, optic chiasm, mammillary bodies, tuber
cinereum, infundibulum, and neurohypophysis, but for physiological purposes the neurohypophysis
is considered a distinct structure.
