Septal nuclei and related structures
Nuclei septales et structurae pertinentes
- Related terms: Septal nuclei
Definition
The septal nuclei (medial olfactory area) are a set of structures that lie below the rostrum of the corpus callosum, anterior to the lamina terminalis (the layer of gray matter in the brain connecting the optic chiasma and the anterior commissure where the latter becomes continuous with the rostral lamina). The septal nuclei are composed of medium-size neurons which are classified into medial, lateral, and posterior groups :
- dorsal septal nucleus
- lateral septal nucleus
- medial septal nucleus
- septofimbrial nucleus
- triangular nucleus of septum
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
