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 chiasm.
Devoid of the blood brain barrier and, it normally enhances after contrast administration.
Relations
It is continuous:
- laterally: with anterior perforating substance
- anteriorly: with lamina terminalis
- inferiorly: hollow infundibulum
thatthat 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 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>- +<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/mammillary-body">mammillary bodies</a> and <a href="/articles/optic-chiasm">optic chiasm</a>. Devoid of the blood brain barrier, it normally enhances after contrast administration.</p><h5>Relations</h5><p>It is continuous:</p><ul>
- +<li>laterally: with <a href="/articles/anterior-perforating-substance">anterior perforating substance</a>
-<li>inferiorly: hollow <a 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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