part of part of third ventricle optic recess of third ventricle http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Gray721.png optic recess preoptic recess EHDAA2:0001317 supraoptic recess TODO - check taxonomic grouping The optic recess of the third ventricle, i.e. the pouch of the ventricle penetrating into the interval between the initial optic tracts. [Dorian_AF, Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier][VHOG] recessus supraopticus Recess in third ventricle lying in front of the optic chiasm at the base of the lamina terminalis. EHDAA:1343 TAO:0000049 optic recesses EMAPA:16902 At the junction of the floor and anterior wall of the third ventricle, immediately above the optic chiasma, the ventricle presents a small angular recess or diverticulum, the optic recess (or supraoptic recess). [WP,unvetted][Wikipedia:Optic_recess]. UBERON:0002287 supraoptic recess Wikipedia:Optic_recess EHDAA:2649 ZFA:0000049 NLX:144280 neuronames:457 recessus opticus EHDAA:3478 VHOG:0000595 EHDAA:1973 FMA:78455 BAMS:ORe recessus praeopticus SCTID:369279008 recessus supraopticus preoptic recess anatomical cavity