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]