Fornix - Definition

fornix

n 1: generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to
the arched roof of an anatomical space)
2: 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 [syn: fornix, trigonum cerebrale]

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