Term Name: mammillary body
Synonyms: corpora mamillaria, corpora mammillaria, corpus mamillare, corpus mamillaris, corpus mammillare, mammillary area, MMB
Definition: One of two hemispherical bulges on the base of the posterior hypothalamus (Butler and Hodos, Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy, 2nd ed., 2005, pg 455).
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0002206]

Relationships
is part of: limbic system medial zone of hypothalamus posterior hypothalamic region
has parts: lateral mammillary nucleus mammillary axonal complex medial mammillary nucleus supramammillary nucleus tuberomammillary nucleus
is a type of: ectoderm-derived structure organ part