Optic recess

Optic recess
Brain: Optic recess
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The hypophysis cerebri, in position. Shown in sagittal section. (Optic recess labeled at upper right.)
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Median sagittal section of brain. The relations of the pia mater are indicated by the red color. (Optic recess labeled at lower left.)
Latin recessus supraopticus
Gray's subject #189 816
NeuroNames hier-440

At the junction of the floor and anterior wall of the third ventricle, immediately above the optic chiasma, the ventricle presents a small angular recess or diverticulum, the optic recess (or supraoptic recess).

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  • Drawing of a cast of the ventricular cavities, viewed from the side.

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

v · d · eHuman brain: diencephalon (TA A14.1.08, GA 9.807)
Epithalamus
Surface
Thalamus
Surface
Stria medullaris of thalamus · Thalamic reticular nucleus · Taenia thalami

paired: AN · Ventral (VA/VL, VP/VPM/VPL) · Lateral (LD, LP, Pulvinar nuclei) · Metathalamus (MG, LG)

midline: MD · Intralaminar (Centromedian) · Midline nuclear group · Interthalamic adhesion
Hypothalamus
Surface
Autonomic zones
Anterior (parasympathetic/heat loss) · Posterior (sympathetic/heat conservation)
afferent (SN → Medial forebrain bundle) · efferent (Mammillothalamic fasciculus → AN, Stria terminalis → Amygdala, Dorsal longitudinal fasciculus → SC)
Posterior is diencephalon, but anterior is glandular
Subthalamus
Ventricular system:
Third ventricle

recesses: (Optic recess, Infundibular recess, Suprapineal recess, Pineal recess)

Hypothalamic sulcus · Tela chorioidea of third ventricle

Subfornical organ

Apertures: Interventricular/Monro

Posterior commissure

M: CNS

anat(n/s/m/p/4/e/b/d/c/a/f/l/g)/phys/devp

noco(m/d/e/h/v/s)/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(N1A/2AB/C/3/4/7A/B/C/D)

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