| ZFIN ID: ZDB-ANAT-010921-524 | OBO ID: ZFA:0000101 |
| Name: | diencephalon | Search: | |
| Definition: | The more posterior and ventral of two forebrain neuromeres, the other being the telencephalon; major derivatives are the eye cups, the brain pretectal region, the thalamus, hypothalamus, and epithalamus (including the habenula and epiphysis). (1) |
| Appears at | Evident until |
| Segmentation:10-13 somites (14.0h-16.0h) | Adult |
| Relationships (about) | |
| develops from: | presumptive diencephalon |
| is part of: | forebrain |
| has parts: | caudal tuberculum diencephalic nucleus diencephalic white matter epithalamus floor plate diencephalic region hypophysis hypothalamus lateral wall diencephalon optic stalk preoptic area pretectum roof plate diencephalic region synencephalon thalamus third ventricle ventro-rostral cluster |
| is a type of: | multi-tissue structure |
