FIG 8.

Microsurgical photograph of the LM taken in an adult human cadaveric brain in an oblique coronal view (about 45° to the anterior/posterior commissure line) with the clivus removed, looking up at the attachment between the diencephalic leaf and the mesencephalic leaf of the LM. The numbers represent the following: 1) the mesencephalic leaf of LM; 2) the attachment between the diencephalic leaf and the mesencephalic leaf; 3) the pituitary stalk; 4) the oculomotor nerve; 5) the basilar artery; 6) the pons; and 7) the optic nerve. Reproduced with permission from Lü and Zhu.²³ Copyright (2003) Thieme.