mammillary body
One of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the human brain,…One of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the human brain, that act as a relay for impulses coming from the amygdalae and hippocampi to the thalamus, and (as part of the diencephalon) form part of the limbic system.
Meaning
1 sensesOne of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the human brain, that act as a relay for impulses coming from the amygdalae and hippocampi to the thalamus, and (as part of the diencephalon) form part of the limbic system.
one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From mammillary (“resembling a breast or nipple”) + body.From mammillary (“resembling a breast or nipple”) + body.
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Forms
plural: mammillary bodies| Singular | mammillary body |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix:mamillary bodycorpus mamillare