Term: diencephalon posterior side
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Name: diencephalon
Synonyms:
Definition: The more posterior and ventral of two forebrain neuromeres, the other being the telencephalon; major derivatives are the eye cups, the brain pretectal region, the thalamus, hypothalamus, and epithalamus (including the habenula and epiphysis).
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000101]
Name: posterior side
Synonyms: caudal, posterior
Definition: An anatomical region that is the entire part of an anatomical structure posterior to a transverse plane and bounded on one side by the same transverse plane.
Ontology: Spatial Ontology [BSPO:0000056]