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This article refers to the anatomical structure called a "pallium". For the religious garment, click here.
In the anatomy of animals, the pallium is related to...
(1) The evolutionary precedent of the cerebrum.
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- The human pallium (cloak in Latin) envelops the forebrain. The cerebrum has been described as having three parts: the archipallium, the paleopallium and the neopallium.
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- In fish, the archipallium is the largest part of the cerebrum. Some researchers suggest the early archipallium gave rise to the human hippocampus.
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- In amphibians, the cerebrum includes archipallium, paleopallium and some of the basal nuclei.
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- Reptiles first developed a neopallium, which continued to develop in the brains of more recent species to become the neocortex of humans and Old World monkeys.
(2) The mantle of a mollusk, brachiopod, or bird.
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- In bivalves, the pallial line is a sinuous linear scar on the inside of each valve where the mantle retractor muscles attach to the valve.
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