From form to location
Sectional anatomy.
Real MRI. One structure at a time.
Move through the brain without losing your bearings.
Primary view
Coronal
Preparing the MRI studyLoading the brain and its boundaries
Whole-structure boundaryAtlas reference image
PosteriorAnterior
What you’re looking at
Thalamus
A paired deep gray structure on either side of the third ventricle.
About the boundary
Whole-thalamus boundaries; individual nuclei are not resolved here.
Read the orientation
Neurological convention: your left is the brain’s left in axial and coronal views. Anterior is left in sagittal views.