| 释义 |
epithalamus Anat.|ɛpɪˈθæləməs|
[f. epi- 1 + thalamus (sense 1).]
A part of the diencephalon (see quot. 1962).
1902Cunningham Text-bk. Anat. 501 The epithalamus, which comprises the pineal body and the habenular region. 1921A. Keith Hum. Embryol. (ed. 4) 103 In the upper region will be differentiated the optic thalamus, the epithalamus (the pineal body with its ganglia and commissures) and the metathalamus or geniculate bodies. 1962Gray's Anat. (ed. 33) 1033 The epithalamus comprises the trigonum habenulae, the pineal body, and the posterior commissure. |