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fornix of brain
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A C-shaped bundle of fibres (axons) in the brain, and carries signals from the hippocampus to the mammillary bodies and septal nuclei. It is typically divided into the columns (crus), body, commissure and the pre-commissural and post-commissural fornix (MM). [ ]
Term info
Label
fornix of brain
Synonyms
- brain fornix
- cerebral fornix
- forebrain fornix
- fornix of neuraxis
- neuraxis fornix
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Gray747.png
has broad synonym
fornix
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
fornix hippocampus, fornix (column and body of fornix), fornix cerebri, hippocampus fornix
id
UBERON:0000052
Term relations
Subclass of:
- tract of brain
- extends_fibers_into some mammillary body
- part of some hippocampal formation
- extends_fibers_into some septal nuclear complex
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