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pin·e·al
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pineal apparatus
a median outgrowth of the roof of the diencephalon in vertebrates that in some develops into the pineal eye and in others into the pineal gland. -
pineal body
(formerly) the pineal gland. -
pineal eye
an eyelike structure that develops from the pineal apparatus in certain cold-blooded vertebrates. -
epiphysis
The end part of a long bone, initially growing separately from the shaft. -
epithalamus
A part of the dorsal forebrain including the pineal gland and a region in the roof of the third ventricle of the brain. -
habenula
a narrow bandlike structure, as the stalk attaching the pineal gland to the thalamus.