Horizontal section of the brain: Section B (Latin)

This image highlights the right side of the brain seen on a horizontal section at the level of the habenula (B), which connects the thalamus and the glandula pinealis. Like section A, this section features the thalamus and corpus striatum (nucleus caudatus, putamen and globus pallidus). In addition to these, another gray matter structure seen in this section is the hippocampus. This hippocampus in this section is covered with the fimbria hippocampi, a band of white matter fibers formed by hippocampal pyramidal cells. In this section, we also see the white matter tracts (capsula interna, externa and extrema), the ventriclus tertius, and the cornu occipitale of the ventriculus lateralis cerebri.