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Fornix

Fornix Meaning & Definition
Fornix Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fornix?

[n] 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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See Also | brain | carina fornicis | encephalon | fascicle | fasciculus | fiber bundle | fibre bundle

Fornix In Webster's Dictionary

\For"nix\, n.; pl. {Fornices}. [L., an arch.] (Anat.) (a) An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva. (b) Esp., two longitudinal bands of white nervous tissue beneath the lateral ventricles of the brain.

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