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.