fornix

English - Turkish

Definition of fornix in English Turkish dictionary: (Tıp) forniks; taçyapraklardaki uzama; (Anatomi) çıkmaz, kubbe örn: fornix conjunctivae; (Tıp) (fornices). Çıkmaz, tavan, forniks; (Kanun) genelev; (Tıp) tavan
fornix cerebri: (Anatomi) beyin üçgeni
relating to a fornix: Bir forniks ilgili

English - English

Definition of fornix in English English dictionary: Specifically, the arched bundle of fibres or axons at the base of the brain; An archlike structure or fold; Esp; The major tract of the limbic system projecting from the hippocampus, circling the thalamus, and terminating in the septum and mammillary bodies; {i} arch-like formation (Anatomy); (arch); the portion of the conjunctiva forming the junction between the posterior eyelid and the eyeball; generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space); An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva; two longitudinal bands of white nervous tissue beneath the lateral ventricles of the brain; A HARP-SHAPED STRUCTURE SITUATED UNDER THE CORPUS CALLOSUM AND IS MADE UP O FWHITE FIBERS TAHT ARISE IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS AND TERMINATE IN THE MAMILLARY BODIES; A large fiber bundle that contains output axons leaving the hippocampus; 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

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