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anterior commissure
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A bundle of myelinated nerve fibers passing transversely through the lamina terminalis and connecting symmetrical parts of the two cerebral hemispheres; it consists of a smaller anterior part (pars anterior commissurae anterioris) and a larger posterior part (pars posterior commissurae anterioris). [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0002169 ]
Term info
Label
anterior commissure
Synonyms
- anterior cerebral commissure
- commissura anterior cerebri
- commissura rostralis
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Gray744.png
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
commissura anterior, AC, commissura rostral, precommisure, anterior commissural nucleus, paleocortical commissure, rostral commissure
homology notes
In all vertebrates the thin structure that connects the two halves of the telencephalon shows a ridge-like thickening at the basal side known as the anterior commissure.[well established][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0000935