Meaning of FORNIX
| Pronunciation: | | 'forniks
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| | Definition: | | [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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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