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thalamos

inner chamber, bedroom

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A clean brain cutaway based on the approved anatomical reference highlights the thalamus centrally above the brainstem; fine arrows connect an eye and ear cue through it toward cortex, showing signal relay without implying every sensory pathway.
noun

thalamus

THAL-uh-mus/ˈθæləməs/

A brain structure that relays sensory and motor signals.

Etymology
thalamusGreekinner chamber, bedroom

The “inner chamber” word became an anatomical name for a forebrain structure, originally described as a place where a nerve appeared to originate.

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