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optic recess of third ventricle

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Recess in third ventricle lying in front of the optic chiasm at the base of the lamina terminalis [ ]

Term info

Label

optic recess of third ventricle

Synonyms
  • optic recess
  • preoptic recess
  • recessus supraopticus
  • supraoptic recess
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Subsets

uberon_slim, vertebrate_core

latin term
recessus supraopticus [ FMA : 78455 FMA : TA ]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Gray721.png

editor note

TODO - check taxonomic grouping

external definition

At the junction of the floor and anterior wall of the third ventricle, immediately above the optic chiasma, the ventricle presents a small angular recess or diverticulum, the optic recess (or supraoptic recess). [WP,unvetted][Wikipedia:Optic_recess]., The optic recess of the third ventricle, i.e. the pouch of the ventricle penetrating into the interval between the initial optic tracts. [Dorian_AF, Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier][VHOG]

has related synonym

recessus praeopticus, supraoptic recess, recessus supraopticus, optic recesses, preoptic recess, recessus opticus

id

UBERON:0002287

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