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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: fornix (0.00812 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to fornix.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fornix
fornix
n 1: generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to
the arched roof of an anatomical space)
2: an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by
which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the
contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and
mamillary bodies [syn:
trigonum cerebrale]
[also:
fornices (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Fornix
Fornix
\For"nix\, n.; pl.
Fornices. [L., an arch.] (Anat.)
(a) An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the
cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva.
(b) Esp., two longitudinal bands of white nervous tissue
beneath the lateral ventricles of the brain.
[1913 Webster]
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