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postcommissural fornix of brain

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The posterior fibers of the fornix, which continue through the hypothalamus to the mammillary bodies; then to the anterior nuclei of thalamus, which project to the cingulate cortex. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/1277 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fornix_(neuroanatomy)#Structure ]

Term info

Label

postcommissural fornix of brain

Synonyms
  • fornix (entering Corpus mamillare)
  • postcommissural fornix
database cross reference
latin term
columna posterior fornicis [ NeuroNames : 431 ]

abbreviation
POFX [ NIFSTD : NeuroNames_abbrevSource BIRNLEX : 914 ]

latin term
fornix (entering Corpus mamillare) [ FMA : TA FMA : 62062 ]

latin term
fornix postcommissuralis [ NeuroNames : 431 ]

has related synonym

columna posterior fornicis, fornix postcommissuralis

id

UBERON:0003016