Diagonal band of Broca

System Nervous

Diagonal band of Broca

Definition

A white fibre bundle descending in the precommissural septum toward the base of the forebrain, immediately rostral to the lamina terminalis; at the base, the bundle turns in the caudolateral direction; traveling through the ventral substantia innominata alongside the optic tract, it fades before reaching the amygdala.

Also known as broca's diagonal band, broca's diagonal gyrus, diagonal band, diagonal band of Broca, diagonal gyrus, olfactory fasciculus, olfactory radiations of Zuckerkandl — per UBERON

The Diagonal band of Broca is a part of the Nervous.

Also identified as