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Habenula vs Epithalamus - What's the difference?

habenula | epithalamus |

As nouns the difference between habenula and epithalamus

is that habenula is (anatomy) a circumscript mass of cells in the caudal and dorsal aspect of the dorsal thalamus while epithalamus is epithalamus (segment of the diencephalon).

habenula

English

Noun

(wikipedia habenula)
  • (anatomy) A circumscript mass of cells in the caudal and dorsal aspect of the dorsal thalamus

    • Derived terms

    * habenular * habenular nucleus ----

    epithalamus

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia epithalamus)
  • (anatomy) The dorsal posterior segment of the diencephalon; it includes the habenula, the stria medullaris and the pineal body.