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Fornix

nounid 57613·updated May 18, 2026
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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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synonym
trigonum cerebrale
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Fornixes
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Fornix's
pluralpossessive
Fornixes'

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§1
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
§2
generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space)

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