|  diencephalon 
 
 the posterior division of the forebrain;
 connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon
 • Syn:
 interbrain, betweenbrain, thalmencephalon
 • Hypernyms:
 neural structure
 • Part Holonyms:
 forebrain, prosencephalon
 • Part Meronyms:
 mamillary body, mammillary body, corpus mamillare, infundibulum, third eye,
 pineal eye, optic nerve, nervus opticus, second cranial nerve, optic tract, pituitary,
 pituitary gland, pituitary body, hypophysis, basal ganglion, thalamus, hypothalamus
 
 
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