pineal gland can be found as part of the epithalamus near the superior colliculi of the midbrain.
the can be found as part of the epithalamus near the superior colliculi of the midbrain?
pineal gland
the two superior colliculi sit below the thalamus and surround the pineal gland in the vertebrate midbrain. it comprises the dorsal aspect of the midbrain, posterior to the periaqueductal gray and immediately superior to the inferior colliculus. the inferior and superior colliculi are known collectively as the corpora quadrigemina (latin, "quadruplet bodies"). the brachium of superior colliculus (or superior brachium) extends laterally from the superior colliculus, and, passing between the pulvinar and medial geniculate body, is partly continued into an eminence called the lateral geniculate body, and partly into the optic tract.





















































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superior colliculus
the corpora quadrigemina are four mounds, called colliculi, in two pairs – a superior and an inferior pair, on the surface of the tectum. the superior colliculi process some visual information, aid the decussation of several fibres of the optic nerve (some fibres remain ipsilateral), and are involved with saccadic eye movements. the tectospinal tract connects the superior colliculi to the cervical nerves of the neck, and co-ordinates head and eye movements. each superior colliculi also sends information to the corresponding lateral geniculate nucleus, with which it is directly connected.
midbrain