dorsal plus ventral thalamus in dogs
Subcortical brain region consisting of paired gray matter bodies in the dorsal diencephalon and forming part of the lateral wall of the third ventricle of the brain. The thalamus represents the major portion of the diencephalon and is commonly divided into cellular aggregates known as nuclear groups.(MeSH). The dorsal topographic division of the interbrain. The macrodissected adult human thalamus was clearly illustrated by Vesalius in 1543 and the term as defined here was introduced by His in 1893. It includes the traditional epithalamus, dorsal thalamus, and ventral thalamus of Herrick (1910, pp. 494, 498). Also see Kuhlenbeck (1927, Ch. 9) and Jones (1985, p. 87). Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the dorsal plus ventral thalamus is
Subcortical brain region consisting of paired gray matter bodies in the dorsal diencephalon and forming part of the lateral wall of the third ventricle of the brain. The thalamus represents the major portion of the diencephalon and is commonly divided into cellular aggregates known as nuclear groups.(MeSH). The dorsal topographic division of the interbrain. The macrodissected adult human thalamus was clearly illustrated by Vesalius in 1543 and the term as defined here was introduced by His in 1893. It includes the traditional epithalamus, dorsal thalamus, and ventral thalamus of Herrick (1910, pp. 494, 498). Also see Kuhlenbeck (1927, Ch. 9) and Jones (1985, p. 87). The atlas records it as a nerve at the organ scale in the dog.
Where the dorsal plus ventral thalamus is
It sits within the nervous system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.
What the dorsal plus ventral thalamus connects to
The atlas records 20 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of anatomical entity, brain and diencephalon, and 2 more.
Supply and innervation
This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the dorsal plus ventral thalamus. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.
Also called
Also recorded as Th, thalamus, wider thalamus, thalamencephalon, thalami and thalamus opticus. Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001897, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- Part of: anatomical entity, brain, diencephalon, forebrain and nervous system.
- A kind of: anatomical structure, brain gray matter and gray matter.
- contributes to morphology of: diencephalon, central medial nucleus, lateral geniculate body, medial geniculate body, paracentral nucleus and parafascicular nucleus, and 1 more.
- contains: dorsal thalamus, epithalamus, habenular commissure, nucleus of thalamus and ventral thalamus.
Questions
Where is the dorsal plus ventral thalamus?
It sits within the nervous system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.
What does the dorsal plus ventral thalamus connect to?
Part of: anatomical entity, brain, diencephalon, forebrain and nervous system.
Is the dorsal plus ventral thalamus the same in other species?
This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.