Term Name: fornix of brain
Synonyms: brain fornix, cerebral fornix, fornix, fornix cerebri, fornix hippocampus, hippocampus fornix
Definition: A C-shaped bundle of fibres (axons) in the brain, and carries signals from the hippocampus to the mammillary bodies and septal nuclei. It is typically divided into the columns (crus), body, commissure and the pre-commissural and post-commissural fornix (MM).
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0000052]

Relationships
is part of: hippocampal formation
has parts: anterior column of fornix body of fornix hippocampus fimbria postcommissural fornix of brain posterior column of fornix precommissural fornix of forebrain
is a type of: tract of brain
inverse disjoint_from: fornix of vagina