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  • Checked October 2026

Label the Brain Coronal View

A slice of the brain through the thalamus, numbered to label: nineteen structures, a line for each, a key.

Label the Brain Coronal View

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Write the name of each numbered part.Answer key

  1. Longitudinal fissure
  2. Cingulate gyrus
  3. Body of the corpus callosum
  4. Body of the lateral ventricle
  5. Third ventricle
  6. Hypothalamus
  7. Mammillary body
  8. Thalamus
  9. Caudate nucleus
  10. Internal capsule
  11. Putamen
  12. Globus pallidus
  13. Cerebral cortex (gray matter)
  14. Lateral sulcus
  15. Temporal lobe
  16. Amygdala
  17. Inferior horn of the lateral ventricle
  18. Hippocampus
  19. Optic tract

Drawn for this site on 2026-10-01 from plain geometry. Licence: own work.

Each numbered ring is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a part is answered.

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Down the midline 7

  1. Longitudinal fissure The deep groove between the two cerebral hemispheres.
  2. Cingulate gyrus The fold just above the corpus callosum.
  3. Body of the corpus callosum The middle stretch of the band joining the two hemispheres. It roofs the lateral ventricles.
  4. Body of the lateral ventricle The central part of the lateral ventricle, under the corpus callosum.
  5. Third ventricle A narrow slit on the midline between the two thalami.
  6. Hypothalamus The region below the thalamus, beside the third ventricle.
  7. Mammillary body One of two small round bodies on the underside of the brain.

Deep gray and white matter 5

  1. Thalamus A large egg-shaped mass of gray matter beside the third ventricle. It relays signals to and from the cortex.
  2. Caudate nucleus A curved nucleus that follows the lateral ventricle.
  3. Internal capsule A white-matter band between thalamus and lentiform nucleus.
  4. Putamen The outer part of the lens-shaped lentiform nucleus.
  5. Globus pallidus The inner part of the lentiform nucleus, toward the midline.

Edge, temporal lobe and base 7

  1. Cerebral cortex (gray matter) The folded outer layer of gray matter. White matter lies under it.
  2. Lateral sulcus The deep cleft above the temporal lobe. The insula lies at its bottom.
  3. Temporal lobe The lobe below the lateral sulcus.
  4. Amygdala An ovoid mass of gray matter deep in the temporal lobe.
  5. Inferior horn of the lateral ventricle The part of the lateral ventricle that runs into the temporal lobe.
  6. Hippocampus A curled ridge in the inferior horn's floor.
  7. Optic tract A band of sight fibers running back from the optic chiasm.

How this list was compiled: Every name checked on 2026-10-01 in at least two of these. (1) Wikipedia, English edition, Coronal plane and the article on each structure, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronal_plane. (2) Henry Gray, Anatomy of the Human Body (1918), The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon, https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/anatomy-of-the-human-body/4c-the-fore-brain-or-prosencephalon/. (3) Kenhub, Coronal sections of the brain, https://www.kenhub.com/en/library/anatomy/coronal-sections-of-the-brain. (4) Neuroscience Online, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, Section 2, Chapter 1, https://nba.uth.tmc.edu/neuroscience/m/s2/chapter01.html. Detail lines are in our own words. Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site on 2026-10-01 from plain geometry; nothing traced. Licence: own work

How it works

To label the structures of the brain in coronal view, write a name on the line for each number. The slice is cut from ear to ear through the thalamus and seen from the front.

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Coronal view word bank

Nineteen names, A to Z: amygdala, body of the corpus callosum, body of the lateral ventricle, caudate nucleus, cerebral cortex, cingulate gyrus, globus pallidus, hippocampus, hypothalamus, inferior horn of the lateral ventricle, internal capsule, lateral sulcus, longitudinal fissure, mammillary body, optic tract, putamen, temporal lobe, thalamus, third ventricle.

Brain anatomy in coronal view: gray, white, fluid

Three kinds of thing are numbered. Gray matter is the folded rim, 13, and masses deep inside, such as 8, 9, 11, 12 and 16. White matter is the two striped bands, 3 and 10. The fluid-filled spaces are 4, 5 and 17.

  • When marking, accept interhemispheric fissure on line 1, corpus callosum on line 3, lateral ventricle on line 4 and temporal horn on line 17.
  • As a coloring activity, shade the gray matter one color, the white bands a second and the fluid spaces a third.
  • The septum pellucidum, fornix, insula and claustrum are drawn, but have no number.

Questions and answers

What does coronal mean in anatomy?

The word comes from the Latin corona, a crown or garland. A coronal view of the brain shows a cut made in the coronal plane, which stands at right angles to the sagittal and transverse planes.

Coronal vs sagittal vs axial: what is the difference?

The direction of the cut. A coronal cut through the middle of the head leaves a front half and a back half. A sagittal cut leaves a right and a left half, and an axial, or horizontal, cut an upper and a lower half.

What is gray matter made of?

Neurons and their supporting cells, which look gray in a living brain. Gray matter forms the cortex, and clusters of it lie deep inside as nuclei. The white matter around them is made of myelinated nerve fibers.

What does the corpus callosum connect?

The left and right cerebral hemispheres. It is a wide, thick tract of nerve fibers, the largest white matter structure in the human brain, and its name is Latin for tough body. Line 3 is its middle stretch, the body.

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