Epithalamus
System
Nervous
SNOMED CT
281487003
Epithalamus
Definition
Most dorsal part of the thalamus, comprising the pineal gland and habenular nuclei in most vertebrates. In a few vertebrates, it also includes the parietal eye. (Butler and Hodos, Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy, 2nd ed, 2005, pg. 345-346.
The Epithalamus is a part of the Nervous.