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mammillary body

NOUN
  1. one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix

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  • Aside from the fibers of the fornix which pass through the mammillary body to decussate and descend (as the mammillo-mesencephalic fasciculus), many fibers are said to pass into the bundle of Vicq d’Azyr, and one bundle of fibers is said to pass from the fornix to the tuber cinereum. IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves
  • As the fornix passes beneath the corpus callosum it receives fibers from the longitudinal striæ of the indusium and from the cingulum; these are the perforating fibers of the fornix which pass through the corpus callosum and course in the fornix toward the mammillary body. IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves
  • This could, in turn, explain why mammillary body damage seems to preferentially affect memory on spatial tasks.
  • The fornix probably brings the cortical centers into relation with the reflex path that runs from the primary centers to the mammillary body and the tuber cinereum. IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves
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