Fornix (brain)

Introduction: Fornix (brain)

Description of Fornix (brain)

Fornix (brain): Heavily myelinated fiber bundle of the TELENCEPHALON projecting from the hippocampal formation to the HYPOTHALAMUS. Some authorities consider the fornix part of the LIMBIC SYSTEM. The fimbria starts as a flattened band of axons arising from the subiculum and HIPPOCAMPUS, which then thickens to form the fornix.
Source: MESH OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

Fornix (brain): Heavily myelinated fiber bundle of the TELENCEPHALON projecting from the hippocampal formation to the HYPOTHALAMUS. Some authorities consider the fornix part of the LIMBIC SYSTEM. The fimbria starts as a flattened band of axons arising from the subiculum and HIPPOCAMPUS, which then thickens to form the fornix.
Source: MeSH 2007

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Terms Similar to Fornix (brain):

• fimbria-fornice
• fimbria-fornix
• fimbria fornix
• fimbrias (brain)
• fornices (brain)
• fornix-fimbria
• fornix fimbria

Source - MeSH OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

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MESH - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• limbic system
• brain
• central nervous system
• nervous system
• Anatomy

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