Fornix
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
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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Senses
Wordset Dictionary
generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space)
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- trigonum cerebrale
- plural
- Fornixes
- possessive
- Fornix's
- pluralpossessive
- Fornixes'