thalamus

part of the brain responsible for sleep regulation and relaying sensory signals. It is you your body's information relay station, where all information from your body's senses (except smell) must be processed through.
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thalamus

Summary

thalamus is a brain region[1]. thalamus draws 2,902 Wikipedia views per month (brain_region category, ranking #8 of 61).[2]

Key Facts

  • thalamus's instance of is recorded as brain region[3].
  • thalamus's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[4].
  • thalamus is a type of organ component of neuraxis[5].
  • thalamus is a type of particular anatomical entity[6].
  • thalamus is part of diencephalon[7].
  • thalamus's Commons category is recorded as Thalamus[8].
  • thalamus comprises neural nucleus[9].
  • thalamus comprises neuron[10].
  • thalamus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thalamus[11].
  • thalamus's anatomical location is recorded as diencephalon[12].
  • thalamus's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[13].
  • thalamus's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C12459[14].
  • thalamus's arterial supply is recorded as thalamic artery[15].
  • thalamus's venous drainage is recorded as thalamic vein[16].
  • thalamus's development of anatomical structure is recorded as thalamus development[17].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include brain region[3] and class of anatomical entity[4]. Recorded subclass of include organ component of neuraxis[5] and particular anatomical entity[6].

Use and Application

Components include neural nucleus[9], a brain region[18] and neuron[10], a cell type[19]. thalamus is part of diencephalon[7].

Why It Matters

thalamus draws 2,902 Wikipedia views per month (brain_region category, ranking #8 of 61).[2] thalamus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] thalamus is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] . 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. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Arterial supply thalamic artery
    Instance of brain region, class of anatomical entity
    Part of diencephalon
    Part of
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007531872205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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