Type and usage of fornix from BoostVocab

fornix

/'fɔrnɪks/

noun
an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies
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trigonum cerebrale

type of:
fibre bundle fascicle fasciculus fiber bundle

part of:
visceral brain limbic brain limbic system
noun
generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space)
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type of:
body part

Definition that contains fornix

mamillary body one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix
mammillary body one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix
carina fornicis ridge on the lower surface of the fornix of the brain
corpus mamillare one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix

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