拱形建筑

丘脑和下丘脑

「解剖词源小科普」

丘脑 Thalamus

thalamus 花托，丘脑

来自拉丁语 thalamus,内室，卧室，

来自希腊语 thalamos,内室，卧室，

thalos,拱顶，拱 形建筑，

词源同 hypothalamus.

后引申词义花托，人体大脑部位丘脑等，因形如屋子的拱形屋顶而得名。

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.

thalamocortical 丘脑皮层的

thalamic 丘脑的

thalamotomy 丘脑切开术

thalamostriate veins 丘脑纹状体静脉