Fornix of brain

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 279302004

Fornix of brain

Definition

A C-shaped bundle of fibres (axons) in the brain, and carries signals from the hippocampus to the mammillary bodies and septal nuclei. It is typically divided into the columns (crus), body, commissure and the pre-commissural and post-commissural fornix (MM).

Also known as brain fornix, cerebral fornix, forebrain fornix, fornix of neuraxis, neuraxis fornix — per UBERON

The Fornix of brain is a part of the Nervous.

Also identified as