Psychology Wiki
Register
(New page: {{Infobox Brain| Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = s. corporis callosi | GraySubject = 189 | GrayPage = 828 | Image = Gray720.png | Captio...)
 
 
Line 43: Line 43:
   
   
−
{{neuroanatomy-stub}}
 
   
  +
[[Category:Corpus callosum]]
 
[[Category:Brain]]
 
[[Category:Brain]]
  +
{{enWP|Spenium}}

Latest revision as of 23:09, 20 December 2011

Brain: Splenium
Gray720
Median sagittal section of brain. The relations of the pia mater are indicated by the red color. (The corpus callosum is the gray curved figure in the center, and the splenium is labeled at upper right.)
Gray733
Corpus callosum from above. (Splenium visible but not labeled.)
Latin s. corporis callosi
Gray's subject #189 828
Part of
Components
Artery
Vein
BrainInfo/UW hier-178
MeSH [1]

The posterior end of the corpus callosum is the thickest part, and is termed the splenium (Greek splenion = a bandage).

It overlaps the tela chorioidea of the third ventricle and the mid-brain, and ends in a thick, convex, free border.

A sagittal section of the splenium shows that the posterior end of the corpus callosum is acutely bent forward, the upper and lower parts being applied to each other.

Additional images

External links

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated. Please edit the article if this is the case, and feel free to remove this notice when it is no longer relevant.

This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia (view authors).