adhesio interthalamica
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in·ter·tha·lam·ic ad·he·sion
[TA]variable connection between the two thalamic masses across the third ventricle; absent in about 20% of human brains.
Synonym(s): adhesio interthalamica [TA], massa intermedia ☆ , commissura cinerea, commissura grisea (1) , intermediate mass
adhesio interthalamica
(ăd-hē′zē-ō in″tĕr-thă-lăm′ĭ-kă) [L. interthalamic adhesion],AI
The massa intermedia that connects the two lobes of the thalamus.