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| Brain: Interthalamic adhesion | ||
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| Dissection showing the ventricles of the brain. (Interthalamic adhesion labeled as Massa Intermedia at center right.) | ||
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| Coronal section of brain through intermediate mass of third ventricle. | ||
| Latin | adhesio interthalamica | |
| Part of | thalamus | |
| NeuroNames | hier-284 | |
The medial surface of the thalamus constitutes the upper part of the lateral wall of the third ventricle, and is connected to the corresponding surface of the opposite thalamus by a flattened gray band, the Interthalamic adhesion (massa intermedia, middle commissure, gray commissure).
In non-human mammals it is a large structure. In humans this mass averages about 1 cm in length in its antero-posterior diameter. It sometimes consists of two parts and occasionally is absent. The interthalamic adhesion is found in 70-80% of humans. It is present more often in females and larger than in males by an average of 53 percent. [1].When absent in development, no noticeable deficit has been observed.
It contains nerve cells and nerve fibers; a few of the latter may cross the middle line, but most of them pass toward the middle line and then curve lateralward on the same side.
Additional images
 Thalamus |
 Human brain left dissected midsagittal view |
External links
- Atlas of anatomy at UMich n1a8p6
- Image at Harvard University
- Diagram at csuchico.edu (labeled as Massa intermedia)
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 13048.000-3
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