Tim Taylor is a senior writer at Innerbody Research focusing on human anatomy and physiology. Tim earned both his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and his Master's degree in Teaching from the University of Pittsburgh.
The tuber cinereum is an elevated mound of gray substance between the optic chiasma and the mammillary bodies. On the sides, it is bounded by the optic tracts and the cerebral peduncles. It is located in the tuberal region of the hypothalamus in the brain stem.
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