MODULE 14

OBJECTIVES

After you have completed this module you should be able to do the following:

• 1) On any view of the brain in which the diencephalon is visible, draw a line around it and label the structures that lie adjacent to it.
• 2) On a midsagittal view of the brain, label the structures that are considered a part of the epithalamus. We forgot to label the habenular commissure on our atlas view of slide 24 - try to do so on your copy.
• 3) Identify the subthalamic nucleus on frontal views of the brain.
• 4) The focus in this module is on identifying thirteen thalamic nuclei. Of the thirteen, we have dealt with nine in previous modules. Just to remind you, the nine are:
  • anterior - Module 13
  • centromedian - Module 4
  • lateral geniculate - Module 11
  • medialis dorsalis - Module 13
  • medial geniculate - Module 12
  • ventralis anterior - Module 7
  • ventralis lateralis - Module 6
  • ventralis posterolateralis - Module 3
  • ventralis posteromedialis - Module 4
  You should be able to identify each of these nuclei on slides. Also, be able to describe the inputs, outputs and general functions sub served by each nucleus.

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