Mammillary peduncle

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 369146004

Mammillary peduncle

Definition

White matter bundle in the posterior hypothalamus containing ascending afferent fibers to the mammillary bodies from the ventral and dorsal tegmental nuclei (Brodal, Neurological Anatomy, 3rd ed., 1981, pg 671).

Also known as peduncle of mammillary body — per UBERON

The Mammillary peduncle is a part of the Nervous.

Also identified as