Tuber cinereum
| Tuber cinereum | |
|---|---|
Base of brain (Tuber cinereum visible at center). | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | tuber cinereum |
| MeSH | D014371 |
| NeuroNames | 1782 |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_1189 |
| TA98 | A14.1.08.408 |
| TA2 | 5673 |
| FMA | 62327 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
The tuber cinereum is the portion of hypothalamus forming the floor of the third ventricle situated between the optic chiasm, and the mammillary bodies. The tuberal region is one of the three regions of the hypothalamus, the other two being the chiasmatic region and the mamillary region.