 
<translate> Akụkụ dị mkpa maka ịza ajụjụ a bụ: Thalamus (site n'asụsụ Grik θάλαμος, "ọnụ ụlọ") bụ nnukwu ntụ ntụ dị na akụkụ azụ nke diencephalon nke ụbụrụ nwere ọtụtụ ọrụ dị ka nnyefe nke akara sensory, gụnyere akara moto, na ụbụrụ ụbụrụ, na nhazi nke mmụọ, ụra, na ịmụrụ anya. Azịza ya dị n'akụkụ azụ nke ụbụrụ. <eng> The important part for answering this question is: The thalamus (from Greek θάλαμος, "chamber") is the large mass of gray matter in the dorsal part of the diencephalon of the brain with several functions such as relaying of sensory signals, including motor signals, to the cerebral cortex, and the regulation of consciousness, sleep, and alertness. The answer is the dorsal part of the diencephalon of the brain. 