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• (n.) Same as Thallus. • (n.) The receptacle of a flower; a torus. • (n.) A mass of nervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain; -- called also optic thalamus.
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A midbrain structure that plays a major role in relaying information from the various sensory receptors to other brain areas.
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(L.; Gr. thalamos inner chamber) (NA) either of two large, ovoid masses, consisting chiefly of grey substance, situated one on each side of and forming part of the lateral wall of the third ventricle. It is divided into two major parts : dorsal and ventral, each of which contains many nuclei.
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Brain cells which lie in the upper part of the brainstem.
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A structure consisting of two egg-shaped masses of nerve tissue, each about the size of a walnut, deep within the brain. It is the key relay station for sensory information flowing into the brain, filtering out only information of particular importance from the mass of signals entering the brain.
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A structure consisting of two egg-shaped masses of nerve tissue, each about the size of a walnut, deep within the brain. The key relay station for sensory information flowing into the brain, the thalamus filters out information of particular importance from the mass of signals entering the brain.
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either of a pair of large, ovoid organs that form most of the lateral walls of the third ventricle of the brain. The thalamus translates neural ... [10 related articles]
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An area of the brain that helps process information from the senses and transmit it to other parts of the brain.
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Either of two large ovoid masses of gray matter in the vertebrate forebrain. The thalamus lies above the hypothalamus. All sensory input (except for olefaction) passes through the thalamus on the way to the somatic-sensory regions of the cerebral cortex and then returns to it from there. All signals...
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<anatomy> Either of two large, ovoid masses, consisting chiefly of grey substance, situated one on each side of and forming part of the lateral wall of the third ventricle. It is divided into two major parts: dorsal and ventral, each of which contains many nuclei. ... Origin: L., Gr. Thalamos = inner chamber ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(thal´ә-mәs) either of two large round structures, the dorsal thalamus or simply thalamus and the subthalamus or ventral thalamus. It is composed of gray matter and located at the base of the cerebrum. It functions as a relay station in which sensory pathways from the spinal cord and brainstem form synapses on the...
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a structure consisting of two egg-shaped masses of nerve tissue, each about the size of a walnut, deep within the brain. The thalamus is a key relay station for sensory information flowing into the brain and filters out information of particular importance from the mass of signals entering the brain.
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Anatomical term designating a mass of grey matter centrally placed deep in the brain near its base and serving as a major relay station for impulses travelling from the spinal cord and cerebellum to the cerebral cortex.
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Thal'a·mus noun ;
plural Thalami . [ Latin
thalamus chamber, Greek
qa`lamos .]
1. (Anat.) A mass of nervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain; -- called also
optic thalamus .
2. (Botany) (a) ...
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A large mass of brain cells located at the top of our brainstem near the hypothalamus. The thalamus is important to our motor activity and control. It receives auditory, Somatosensory and visual signals, and relays sensory signals to our cerebral cortex.
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(thal;ua-mus) An oval mass of gray matter within the diencephalon that serves as a sensory relay center.
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In botany, the thalamus is the receptacle or terminal part of the axis of a flower. Sometimes the thalamus extends beyond the carpels as a fleshy mass, as in the strawberry; or as a cone round which the fleshy carpels cluster, as in the raspberry; or as a beak as in geraniums.
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Portion of the brain that serves as a relay center for sensory information coming from the rest of the body, and for nerve impulses concerned with balance and coordination arising from the cerebellum.
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a structure in the brain that relays and processes incoming sensory information from the eyes and ears and from pressure and pain receptors
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noun large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon
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Greek = bedroom - derivation obscure, though the posterior end of the thalamus is rounded and named pulvinar = cushion.
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a large mass of gray matter deeply situated in the forebrain at the topmost portion of the diencephalon. The structure has sensory and motor functions. Almost all sensory information enters this structure where neurons send that information to the overlying cortex. Axons from every sensory system (except olfaction) synapse here as the last relay si...
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Group of nuclei in the diencephalon of the brain. The different nuclei have sensory and motor functions.
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large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon
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