Tuber cinereum

Changed by Yuranga Weerakkody, 25 Oct 2016

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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 mammilary bodies and optic chiasma

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: holow 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>
  • +<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>

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