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Thalamus   /θˈæləməs/   Listen
Thalamus

noun
(pl. thalami)
1.
Large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon.



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subthalamus


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"Thalamus" Quotes from Famous Books



... animal economy for the production and loss of heat are themselves probably regulated by the central nervous system, there being a thermogenic centre—situated above the spinal cord, and according to some observers in the optic thalamus. ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 • Various


Words linked to "Thalamus" :   subthalamus, neural structure, geniculate body, thalmencephalon, interbrain, diencephalon, betweenbrain


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