thalamus
pronunciation
How to pronounce thalamus in British English:
UK ['θæləməs]
How to pronounce thalamus in American English:
US ['θæləməs]
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- Noun:
- large egg-shaped structures of gray matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon
Word Origin
- thalamus (n.)
- plural thalami, 1753, "the receptacle of a flower," Modern Latin, from Latin thalamus "inner chamber, sleeping room" (hence, figuratively, "marriage, wedlock"), from Greek thalamos "inner chamber, bedroom," related to thalame "den, lair," tholos "vault, vaulted building." Used in English since 1756 of a part of the forebrain where a nerve appears to originate.
Example
- 1. Spindles , which only appear when we are asleep , are generated by a brain region called the thalamus .
- 2. A complex of structures roughly the size of an apricot , the two major sections are the thalamus and hypothalamus .
- 3. There the message is relayed to other neurons that run to a part of the brain called the thalamus .
- 4. Ellenbogen paid particular attention to the patterns generated by the thalamus , a region deep in the brain that processes incoming visual and auditory stimuli .
- 5. Results showed increases in task-related connectivity between the primary motor cortex and the posterior region of the brain 's thalamus .