| 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 |