diencephalon

brain structures lateral to the fourth ventricle, including the thalamus, hypothalamus, epithalamus, and subthalamus
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diencephalon

Summary

diencephalon is an organ type[1]. diencephalon draws 859 Wikipedia views per month (organ_type category, ranking #43 of 50).[2]

Key Facts

  • diencephalon's instance of is recorded as organ type[3].
  • diencephalon's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[4].
  • diencephalon is a type of brain region[5].
  • diencephalon is a type of segment of forebrain[6].
  • diencephalon is a type of particular anatomical entity[7].
  • diencephalon is part of prosencephalon[8].
  • diencephalon's Commons category is recorded as Diencephalon[9].
  • diencephalon comprises epithalamus[10].
  • diencephalon comprises thalamus[11].
  • diencephalon comprises subthalamus[12].
  • diencephalon comprises hypothalamus[13].
  • diencephalon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Diencephalon[14].
  • diencephalon's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[15].
  • diencephalon's topic has template is recorded as Template:Diencephalon[16].
  • diencephalon's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C12456[17].
  • diencephalon's develops from is recorded as diencephalon[18].
  • diencephalon's development of anatomical structure is recorded as diencephalon development[19].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include organ type[3] and class of anatomical entity[4]. Recorded subclass of include brain region[5], segment of forebrain[6], and particular anatomical entity[7].

Use and Application

Components include epithalamus[10], a brain region[20]; thalamus[11], a brain region[21]; subthalamus[12], a brain region[22]; and hypothalamus[13], a class of anatomical entity[23]. diencephalon is part of prosencephalon[8].

Why It Matters

diencephalon draws 859 Wikipedia views per month (organ_type category, ranking #43 of 50).[2] diencephalon has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] diencephalon is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Terminologia Anatomica. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Develops from diencephalon
    Instance of organ type, class of anatomical entity
    Part of prosencephalon
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 3180039
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553028605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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