pillars of the fornix

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• column of the fornix — either of the anterior pillars of the fornix …   Useful english dictionary

• Crus of fornix — Brain: Crus of fornix Diagram of the fornix. Tela chorioidea of the third ventricle, and the c …   Wikipedia

• Columns of fornix — Brain: Columns of fornix Diagram of the fornix. Latin columna fornicis Gray s subject #189 838 …   Wikipedia

• crus — 1. SYN: leg. 2. Any anatomical structure resembling a leg; usually (in the plural) a pair of diverging bands or elongated masses. SEE ALSO: limb. [L.] ampullary crura of semicircular ducts SYN: ampullary membranous limbs of semicircular ducts,… …   Medical dictionary

• mammillary body — noun one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix • Syn: ↑mamillary body, ↑corpus mamillare • Hypernyms: ↑neural structure • Part Holonyms: ↑diencephalon, ↑int …   Useful english dictionary

• recess — A small hollow or indentation. SYN: recessus [TA]. [L. recessus] anterior r. a circumscript deepening of the interpeduncular fossa in the direction of the mamillary bodies. SYN: recessus anterior [TA]. anterior r. of tympanic …   Medical dictionary

• Cavum septum pellucidum — (CSP) describes a septum pellucidum that has a separation between its two leaflets (septal laminae). This cavity contains cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that filters from the ventricles through the septal laminae [cite journal |author=Oteruelo F… …   Wikipedia

• mammillary body — n either of two small rounded eminences on the underside of the brain behind the tuber cinereum forming the terminals of the anterior pillars of the fornix called also corpus albicans …   Medical dictionary

• pillar — A structure or part having a resemblance to a column or p.. [L. pila] anterior p. of fauces palatoglossal arch. anterior p. of fornix SYN: column of fornix. Corti pillars SYN: p. cells, under c …   Medical dictionary