Preferred Label : hypothalamus, anterior;
MeSH definition : The front portion of the HYPOTHALAMUS separated into the preoptic region and the supraoptic
region. The preoptic region is made up of the periventricular gray matter of the rostral
portion of the third ventricle and contains the preoptic ventricular nucleus and the
medial preoptic nucleus. The supraoptic region contains the PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC
NUCLEUS, the SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS, the ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS, and the SUPRACHIASMATIC
NUCLEUS.;
MeSH synonym : anterior hypothalamus;
MeSH hyponym : Anterior Hypothalamic Commissure; hypothalamus, supraoptic; Anteroventral Periventricular Nucleus; Supraoptic Hypothalamus; Anterior Hypothalamic Commissures; Commissure, Anterior Hypothalamic; Commissures, Anterior Hypothalamic; Hypothalamic Commissure, Anterior; Hypothalamic Commissures, Anterior; Anterior Hypothalamic Decussation of Ganser; Nucleus, Anteroventral Periventricular; Periventricular Nucleus, Anteroventral;
MeSH annotation : diseases: coordinate IM with HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES (IM); do not confuse with ANTERIOR
HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;
Origin ID : D007032;
UMLS CUI : C0020664;
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Record concept(s)
Semantic type(s)
The front portion of the HYPOTHALAMUS separated into the preoptic region and the supraoptic
region. The preoptic region is made up of the periventricular gray matter of the rostral
portion of the third ventricle and contains the preoptic ventricular nucleus and the
medial preoptic nucleus. The supraoptic region contains the PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC
NUCLEUS, the SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS, the ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS, and the SUPRACHIASMATIC
NUCLEUS.