Tuber cinereum
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Tuber cinereum is a hollow eminence of gray matter. It is a part of the hypothalamus.
Gross anatomy
It is located between mammillary bodies and optic chiasmachiasm.
Devoid of blood brain barrier and normally enhances after contrast administration.
Relations
It is continuous
- laterally: with anterior perforating substance
- anteriorly: with lamina terminalis
- inferiorly: hollow infundibulum that attaches to posterior pituitary
Related pathology
-<p><strong>Tuber cinereum </strong>is a hollow eminence of gray matter. It is a part of the <a href="/articles/hypothalamus">hypothalamus</a>. </p><h4>Gross anatomy</h4><p>It is located between <a href="/articles/mammilary-bodies">mammilary bodies </a>and <a href="/articles/optic-chiasma">optic chiasma</a>. </p><p>Devoid of blood brain barrier and normally enhances after contrast administration.</p><h5>Relations</h5><p>It is continuous</p><ul>-<li>laterally: with anterior perforating substance</li>- +<p><strong>Tuber cinereum </strong>is a hollow eminence of gray matter. It is a part of the <a href="/articles/hypothalamus">hypothalamus</a>. </p><h4>Gross anatomy</h4><p>It is located between <a title="Mammillary body" href="/articles/mammillary-body">mammillary bodies</a> and <a title="Optic chiasm" href="/articles/optic-chiasm">optic chiasm</a>. </p><p>Devoid of blood brain barrier and normally enhances after contrast administration.</p><h5>Relations</h5><p>It is continuous</p><ul>
- +<li>laterally: with <a title="anterior perforating substance" href="/articles/anterior-perforating-substance">anterior perforating substance</a>
- +</li>
-<li>inferiorly: hollow <a title="infundibulum" href="/articles/pituitary-stalk">infundibulum </a>that attaches to <a href="/articles/posterior-pituitary">posterior pituitary</a>- +<li>inferiorly: hollow <a href="/articles/pituitary-stalk">infundibulum </a>that attaches to <a href="/articles/posterior-pituitary">posterior pituitary</a>
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