diencephalon

Noun diencephalon has 1 sense

• diencephalon(n = noun.body) betweenbrain, interbrain, thalmencephalon - the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon; Array
has parts: corpus mamillare, mamillary body, mammillary body, infundibulum, pineal eye, third eye, nervus opticus, optic nerve, optic tract, second cranial nerve, hypophysis, pituitary, pituitary body, pituitary gland, basal ganglion, thalamus, hypothalamus
is a kind of neural structure
is a part of forebrain, prosencephalon