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Uberon Ontology
fornix of brain
- Term ID
- UBERON:0000052
- Synonyms
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- 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).
- References
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- BAMS:f
- DHBA:10576
- DMBA:17767
- EMAPA:35352
- HBA:9249
- MA:0002747
- NCIT:C32289
- UMLS:C0152334
- UMLS:C0458370
- birnlex:705
- http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=268
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fornix_of_brain
- http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0152334
- http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0458370
- http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/279302004
- Ontology
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