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body of fornix
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Part of fornix adjacent to the crura where they join together at the midline underneath the corpus callosum [ ]
Term info
Label
body of fornix
Synonyms
- body of fornix
- body of fornix of forebrain
- column of fornix
- columna fornicis
- columns of fornix
- fornix body
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external definition
The columns (anterior pillars; fornicolumns) of the fornix arch downward in front of the interventricular foramen and behind the anterior commissure, and each descends through the gray substance in the lateral wall of the third ventricle to the base of the brain, where it ends in the corpus mammillare. [WP,unvetted][Wikipedia:Columns_of_fornix].
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has related synonym
columna fornicis, columns of the fornix
id
UBERON:0004680