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fornix
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fornix
n.
arch-like formation (Anatomy)
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Fornix
Fornix (plural fornices, Latin for "arch") can refer to:
- Fornix or throat scale, a bowed prolongation of the corolla in Boraginaceae ()
- Fornix of the brain
- Fornix conjunctiva, a part of the Conjunctiva
- Fornix vaginae, also called the vaginal fornix
- An early type of Roman triumphal arch
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fornix
Noun
1. generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space)
(hypernym) body part
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
(synonym) trigonum cerebrale
(hypernym) fiber bundle, fibre bundle, fascicle, fasciculus
(part-holonym) limbic system, visceral brain, limbic brain
(part-meronym) carina fornicis
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Fornix (der)
nm.
fornix, arch-like formation (Anatomy)
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Fornix
(n.)
Esp., two longitudinal bands of white nervous tissue beneath the lateral ventricles of the brain.
Esp., two longitudinal bands of white nervous tissue beneath the lateral ventricles of the brain.
(n.)
An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva.
An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva.
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