Those aren't mammilary bodies as far as I can tell.. that's not till a bit farther back iirc. You hit the mammilary bodies when you hit the hippocampus, which isn't really visible in this pic. You're at the section where the head of the caudate is visible, which should tell you that it's more anterior than that. And your friends are right that there is no visible globus pallidus. I think that they're right and this section is a bit more anterior than that.
This should be pretty illustrative:
Once you get a better idea of how the basal ganglia look like in 3d, you shouldn't have so much trouble.
Then again, I'm far better with cellular and molecular mechanisms and shit than I am with gross anatomy, especially since my formal anatomy class was two years ago, so you might want to double-check with your instructor...
This should be pretty illustrative:
Once you get a better idea of how the basal ganglia look like in 3d, you shouldn't have so much trouble.
Then again, I'm far better with cellular and molecular mechanisms and shit than I am with gross anatomy, especially since my formal anatomy class was two years ago, so you might want to double-check with your instructor...