pulvinar nucleus in dogs

One of a set of nuclei located in the posterior thalamus, that projects to all or nearly all extra-striate visual areas. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the pulvinar nucleus is

One of a set of nuclei located in the posterior thalamus, that projects to all or nearly all extra-striate visual areas. The atlas records it as a nerve at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the pulvinar nucleus 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 pulvinar nucleus connects to

The atlas records 3 typed relationships for it, across 2 kinds of connection. part of dorsal thalamus and lateral nuclear group of thalamus.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the pulvinar nucleus. 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 Pul, nuclei pulvinares, pulvinar, pulvinar nuclei, pulvinar thalami and nucleus pulvinaris, and 3 more. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002981, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

Questions

Where is the pulvinar nucleus?

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 pulvinar nucleus connect to?

Part of: dorsal thalamus and lateral nuclear group of thalamus.

Is the pulvinar nucleus 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.