Suprapineal recess

Recessus suprapinealis

Definition

Juliette Garnodier

The suprapineal recess is an invagination of the roof of the third ventricle located just above the pineal gland, in continuity with it.

The suprapineal recess is smaller in humans than in domestic mammals.

References

  • Barone R, Bortolami R. Anatomie comparée des mammifères domestiques, Tome 6, Neurologie I, Vigot, Paris, 2004.

  • Evans HE, de Lahunta A. Miller’s anatomy of the dog, 4th edition, Elsevier Saunders, St Louis, 2012.