Fornix, Brain

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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.

Descriptor ID	D020712
MeSH Number(s)	A08.186.211.464.405.600 A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.345.600
Concept/Terms	Fornix, Brain Fornix, Brain Brain Fornices Brain Fornix Fornices, Brain Fornix (Brain) Fornices (Brain) Fimbria of Hippocampus Fimbria of Hippocampus Hippocampus Fimbria Hippocampus Fimbrias Fornix-Fimbria Fornix Fimbria Fornix-Fimbrias Fimbria-Fornix Fimbria Fornix Fimbria-Fornices Fimbria, Brain Brain Fimbria Brain Fimbrias Fimbrias, Brain Fimbria (Brain) Fimbrias (Brain) Hippocampal Commissure Hippocampal Commissure Commissure, Hippocampal Commissures, Hippocampal Hippocampal Commissures Fornical Commissure Commissure, Fornical Commissures, Fornical Fornical Commissures Dorsal Hippocampal Commissure Commissure, Dorsal Hippocampal Commissures, Dorsal Hippocampal Dorsal Hippocampal Commissures Hippocampal Commissure, Dorsal Hippocampal Commissures, Dorsal Commissura Hippocampi Commissura Hippocampus Hippocampi, Commissura Hippocampus, Commissura Commissure of Fornix Fornix Commissure Fornix Commissures

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Anatomy [A]
Nervous System [A08]
Central Nervous System [A08.186]
Brain [A08.186.211]
Limbic System [A08.186.211.464]
Hippocampus [A08.186.211.464.405]
Fornix, Brain [A08.186.211.464.405.600]
Prosencephalon [A08.186.211.730]
Telencephalon [A08.186.211.730.885]
Cerebrum [A08.186.211.730.885.287]
Cerebral Cortex [A08.186.211.730.885.287.500]
Hippocampus [A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.345]
Fornix, Brain [A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.345.600]

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